Intel Interview...

x in the city

Hi lads,

have anyone here been at interviews for intel,? They have called me for a interview next week for post grad researchers, have no idea what will be asked or what type of an interview it will be. The role is to do with yield and reliability, etc.

anyone?!

Johnny Bitte

You can call them and ask them will there be any technical questions or tests of any kind.

doolox

I worked at a non-graduate level for Intel for 13 years and can tell you they are pretty demanding to work for. The interview will be in three stages if mine was anything to go by: and interview with the hiring manager, one with HR which will be on "general behaviour issues" and one with a person at your grade, the technical one.

There is very little preparation you can do for any of these interviews as they very much depend on who is hiring and what they want. Of course you will not be told what their requirements are at any particular time.

Emphasise teamwork, safety, job enrichment and improvement and continuous personal improvement (courses paid for......) and you'll fit right in.

If you want a life outside of work they won't want to know.

omahaid

Is it for Shannon or Leixlip? Yield definitely says Leixlip (but just in case I said I would ask).

x in the city

hmm

doesnt sound too good, no life outside of work. :eek:

I am meeting two people, a man and a woman, so it a hr going to be asking me stupid questions like 'why would you like to work here' and 'what are your strengths and weaknesses'. :mad:

Any interview i have had lately was pure technical so the HR lady for sure will catch me out as I havent been asked Hr-ish questions for years at this stage.

As for the role, its FAB-24, yield and reliability, continuous improvement, output productivity etc...

with that in mind im not quite sure what technical questions can be asked for such a role.

* its kildare facility

omahaid

If it's any help, Intel is supposed to use behavioural interviewing (I say supposed to because my interview was not like that but it was for Shannon so things may be different in Leixlip).

x in the city

oh gosh

these are all bs questions, might give this interview a miss

http://www.quintcareers.com/sample_behavioral.html

everybody

pm sent:)

Mmmuffin

Worked there for a year... there is a reason I don't work there anymore. As another poster said, if you want a life outside of work, don't expect one! The job is really tough, alot of hours, alot of reliance on you, and absolutely no thank you's! Unless you have landed into a VERY senior position, don't expect to be noticed!

leeroybrown

As has already been pointed out Intel use 'behavioural interviews'. They're essentially looking for someone who's qualified for the job who 'fits in'. They're looking for an 'Intel man' who'll be willing to work under pressure in an environment that isn't everyone's cup of tea. I worked for them in the past and wouldn't be in a rush to go back anytime soon.

That said, your job sounds like it's in an engineering (as opposed to direct manufacturing) role. If so, then it's likely to be a daytime job and to be less of a pain than the normal fab work.

x in the city

Yes, its Engineering I do.

I am not so keen however on the no thanks, and been a fly on the wall tbh.

I would rather work in a small knit r&d environment with a few groups doing some project works and so on.

I dont think I would fit in at intel at all given what I have read here but I will go up anyway.

Automan

I found that the Engineers in Intel were expected to be their and available all the time, they are expected to log in and keep an eye on how well their products are doing after work, available to answers emails after work etc, another example I use to work in an area called litho, during excursions the Engineers were in 12hr days, weekends etc, and this went on for weeks at a time.
I remember another time we had a problem with a certain product on a saturday at 3am, we had to call the Engineer and get him into sort out the problem.
You have to be the type of person who lives, breaths and sleeps your job in order to get ahead (or keep your job).

D-Generate

Seems like any IC Design job then, it is the same in Analog Devices.

To be honest OP, working in a small tight-knight IC design group does sound appealing but I have heard serious horror stories about companies that just do IP. Long hours when you have a project, then months of nothing between projects which absolutely kills the spirit. I would prefer 60 hour weeks of work than 40 hour weeks of internet surfing. Furthermore you are much more limited in salary potential within an IP house considering that only 4 rungs above you are the owners and they aren't exactly loving the thought of paying out more. Heck all they want to do is design some nice IP that requires Analog/Intel etc to come along and buy them.

In regards to the interview, well you would be a fool not to go for it. Any multinational will use those behavioral techniques as part of the interview and if you think the questions might seem dumb and simple, well then that is excellent as you can fire out great answers... (often turns out that people can't even begin to answer "so tell me a time you convinced others to change their mind")

x in the city

thats good points, I will go to the interview but for the weather, tbh I dont fancy driving from cork to leixlip to get there by 11am

I will ask them to reschedule, cant afford to write my car off...! =

leeroybrown

D-Generate wrote: »

Seems like any IC Design job then, it is the same in Analog Devices.

Intel Leixlip don't do any IC design - it's a manufacturing site. The engineering jobs there support the manufacturing process.

Quatre Mains

I'm a former intel employee.

Yield employees are by and large exempt from the kind of 24/7 pressure that some other engineers responsible for machine sets experience. They are directly responsible for making calls on individual machines and tests on same so have to take a lot of out-of-hours calls. No-one in the mfg. dept will be ringing you at 3am:) Even in an emergency which might require you to do a couple of hours at a weekend could be done from home with the type of work you'd be involved in.

Yield are responsible more for monitoring the performance of tests on product at various stages throughout the process. If there are deviations such as high particle issues at a particular monitor or too low resistance etc, then yield must act in partnership with process engineers to resolve the issue. intel is a busy place but not THAT bad. They havent cut anyone's pay since the recession started, and there are opportunities for extensive travel assignments. I enjoyed my time there.

Some of the interview will be very basic and generic. One thing about Intel - every procedure is documented. If you get asked a question such as 'the procedure says do A but you know 100% that its wrong and should be B, what do you do?' Do not say B - say you'd check with your manager before proceeding.

Irish_Elect_Eng

x in the city wrote: »

thats good points, I will go to the interview but for the weather, tbh I dont fancy driving from cork to leixlip to get there by 11am

I will ask them to reschedule, cant afford to write my car off...! =

Or you could try going to bed early, getting up early and being on time for their proposed time.

To be honest, if you cannot put in the effort to attend an interview @ 11:00 then maybe Intel is not the place for you.

rianer

I have a graduate process engineer interview coming up...any ideas of the type of technical questions that might come up?

leeroybrown

rianer wrote: »

I have a graduate process engineer interview coming up...any ideas of the type of technical questions that might come up?

The interview will be split in two parts. There will be some technical questioning around your CV but the primary interview method that Intel use is a behavioural/competency based interview. If you didn't already know that look up the technique online and at least be familiar with the line of questioning it will take.

rianer

Thanks. Would there be much on the technical side of what Intel do? i.e do I need to know the nitty gritty bits of their operations?

leeroybrown

rianer wrote: »

Thanks. Would there be much on the technical side of what Intel do? i.e do I need to know the nitty gritty bits of their operations?

I don't know. My job was in IT so I wasn't really questioned about the process/manufacturing side of things. I'd expect that a decent knowledge of semiconductor fab would help a lot but I wouldn't know what line of questioning they'd follow. There are plenty of ex-MTP employees here so I'm sure some of them will be able to point you in the right direction.

Tom Dunne

rianer wrote: »

Thanks. Would there be much on the technical side of what Intel do? i.e do I need to know the nitty gritty bits of their operations?

I would say very unlikely. Think about it - how much would the typical graduate know about semiconductor manufacturing, never mind Intel's own manufacturing process.

It's all about the person and how the person will fit into the organisation.

mickman

x in the city wrote: »

thats good points, I will go to the interview but for the weather, tbh I dont fancy driving from cork to leixlip to get there by 11am

I will ask them to reschedule, cant afford to write my car off...! =

jeez, what an attitude. Maybe you should ask them to come and meet you!

you dont stand a chance with that attitude as they will see right through you

bbam

rianer wrote: »

I have a graduate process engineer interview coming up...any ideas of the type of technical questions that might come up?

Hey..
I interviewed in Intel for a few years when hiring was going well, technician grades..

I'd imagine you would need to be competent at discussing process control methods.. SPC, Six Sigma and of course the implementation of Lean Manufacturing...

Definitely think about examples you can quote on teamwork, communication, an example of when things were going pear shape and you stepped in to the rescue...

Relax, don't feel pressured, ask for a question to be repeated if you don't fully understand rather than having a go at an answer... Even ask to come back to a question later if you don't think of a good situational example..

Mostly it will be a good experience although I've interviewed along some idiots there too !!

Best of Luck

rianer

bbam wrote: »

Hey..
I interviewed in Intel for a few years when hiring was going well, technician grades..

I'd imagine you would need to be competent at discussing process control methods.. SPC, Six Sigma and of course the implementation of Lean Manufacturing...

Definitely think about examples you can quote on teamwork, communication, an example of when things were going pear shape and you stepped in to the rescue...

Relax, don't feel pressured, ask for a question to be repeated if you don't fully understand rather than having a go at an answer... Even ask to come back to a question later if you don't think of a good situational example..

Mostly it will be a good experience although I've interviewed along some idiots there too !!

Best of Luck

Thanks

murfo12

Hello has anybody been interviewed for an Energy Engineer job in Intel in Leixlip?

Im a third year student being interviewed for a co-op/intern and wondering what I could expect?

Thanks in advance!

Irishstabber

I Have an interview with Intel for a co-op/intern position next Thursday. Its for a Manufacturing Technician Graduate position.

Its been asked before but can anyone give any insight as to what technical questions will be asked?
As my degree is in Electrical Engineering we didn't really touch much on electronic, semiconductor, silicon technology etc so I'm wondering if I'll need to put in some study beforehand or cut my losses before I begin even?

don corleone

Those Intel internships say they offer an 11 month contract. Is there any prospects of being kept on after this time or is it just for the 11 months

krd

Tom Dunne wrote: »

I would say very unlikely. Think about it - how much would the typical graduate know about semiconductor manufacturing, never mind Intel's own manufacturing process.

When I studied electronics, we covered it inside out. I'm surprised though how someone people never cover it in their courses.

leeroybrown

don corleone wrote: »

Those Intel internships say they offer an 11 month contract. Is there any prospects of being kept on after this time or is it just for the 11 months

When I was at Intel the internship numbers were pretty low and there was a good chance of being kept on if you fitted in and did a decent job.

lol_mark_aments

I have an interview with intel in 2 weeks. Is the interview process relatively long or very quick? I was told it was related to the etch dept. , should i do alot of research on this to help me ??

Any hints/tips would be very beneficial. Also, these graduate jobs, are many being recruited or what?

Thanks in advance

chris85

lol_mark_aments wrote: »

I have an interview with intel in 2 weeks. Is the interview process relatively long or very quick? I was told it was related to the etch dept. , should i do alot of research on this to help me ??

Any hints/tips would be very beneficial. Also, these graduate jobs, are many being recruited or what?

Thanks in advance

I will drop you a PM with some info.

lol_mark_aments

thanks

Welease

As someone who has interviewed literally hundreds of people for intern/graduate jobs over the years, there is a simple answer to the eternal question being asked in these threads.. Should I do some research? ....

YES!

Are you expected to know a lot of the detail about the role, technologies etc. used?.. In most cases No, but if when given the opportunity to gain employment in a well paid professional role it becomes obvious to the potential employer that you haven't bothered to do some basic research (and it will generally be obvious) then you will generally go right to the bottom of the list of potentials, because you can guarantee that some others being interviewed will have done some research and it is likely a good indication of how you would both approach the job if hired.. I'd rather have someone who doesn't need to be spoonfed every bit of information.

You are sitting right in front of a computer.. so use Google to understand what the company does, how do those techologies work, what markets are they in, what new products do they and their competitors have etc..
And if possible ask some relevant questions about those details to the employers.. Doing that alone would put you in the top quartile of potential recruits.. as your degree/masters just puts you in the same category as the bulk of other applicants...

Anyway.. no offense to anyone meant in this post.. but it is worth the little extra effort it takes.. even more so with the current job situation.

don corleone

So has anyone started one of these manufacturing process internships yet?

If so how are they going

workingforit

Hi all,

I have a Graduate Process Engineer interview on Friday. The lithography team is interested in me. Could someone please give me some advice for this interview? I'm aware there will be technical and behavioural questions but I would really appreciate any details. Getting quite nervous!

Thank you

board silly

I interviewed recently, still waiting to hear back

first of all, no need to be nervous. most likely two 1-on-1 interviews, back to back. 45 mins each
they'll go through your CV and ask technical stuff. so know your CV.

behavioural interview: one question they asked me which I struggled with: "give me an example of a complex problem and a common sense approach you used to solve the problem"

have a good think about this one, in case it comes up!

the rest were standard fare, e.g. how would you deal with a difficult colleague etc


best of luck!