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- Intel CEO Brian Krzanich
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Intel is huge. The company, which once made watches, almost certainly made the processor powering your computer. You can also find its chips in your new iPhones, and it has its eyes set on wearables and drones.
But if you want to work for the company that was named one of the World’s Most Admired Companies, you will have know the company well and answer a some tough questions first.
We’ve put together some of the most interesting and trickiest Intel interview questions posted on Glassdoor.
“Please talk about a time when a client was not happy/satisfied with work that you provided them. What do you think caused the dissatisfaction and how did you resolve the issue?” – Program Manager candidate
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- Flickr CC/Tricia
“Tell me about a time where you were working in an unsafe environment.” – Manufacturing Technician candidate
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- Flickr/firman wibowo
“Describe a time you disagreed with your manager and how you resolved the situation.” – Process Engineer candidate
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- Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images
“Develop an algorithm that calculates the angle between the minute hand and hour hand on a clock.” – Software Developer candidate
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- Flickr/DncnH
“Tell me about a time where you were working against a deadline and had to balance multiple projects at once.” – Manufacturing Technician candidate
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- Flickr / Alex
“Identify these elements/compounds: H, C, Hg, Si, H2O2, KOH.” – Manufacturing Technician candidate
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- REUTERS
“A gas canister weighs 100 lbs empty, and 200 lbs full. It’s sitting on a digital scale. You need to program the scale to alert you when the canister is 80% and 90% empty, respectively. At what values (in lbs) do you program the scale to alert you?” – Manufacturing Technician candidate
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- Thomson Reuters
“Do you know any history of Intel?” – Intern candidate
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- Justin Sullivan / Getty Images
“What is the process you use to troubleshoot problems? Please give an example.” – Senior Process Engineer candidate
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- Michael Cardus/Flickr
“Give an example of a time where you had to take a preventive action against things that hadn’t gone wrong but could very soon do in the way you carried out your experiments.” – Process TD Engineer candidate
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- Delta/YouTube
“You have two cups, one that can hold up to 5 quarts of water and the other 3 quarts. Get me to 4 quarts of water.” – Systems Validation Engineer candidate
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- Flickr/ marielinden4
“(There are) two cups, isolated to the surroundings. There are small piece(s) of ice and some hot water in identical amount for each cup. In one test, ice goes first and then hot water. In other hot water goes first and then ice. In which test does the ice melt sooner?” – Process Engineer candidate
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- REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
“How would you explain your research to your grandmother?” – Integration Device Yield Engineer candidate
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- Flickr / Jannes Pockele
“Given a basic description of a machine/tool and a scenario (i.e. this readout isn’t working), how would you go about fixing it?” – Process Technology Development Engineer candidate
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- REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
“Name a time when you’ve been part of a team that has failed.” – Finance candidate
“What is Intel doing that you are excited about?” – Accelerated Leadership Program candidate
“Who are Intel’s competitors and how can we differentiate against them?” – Intern candidate
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- Tasos Katopodis / Stringer / Getty Images
“When the task is impossible to finish within the given deadline, what should you do?” – Software Engineer candidate
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- Flickr / Jess J
“Why is your GPA not a 4.0?” – Process TD Engineer candidate
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“What would you say if you run a program and it crashes unexpectedly?” – Core OS Software Engineer candidate
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- icathing via Flickr
“Tell me an accomplishment which you are proud of.” – Product Development Engineer candidate
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- Christopher Polk/Getty
“If you wanted to determine if one product is better than the other, what would you do in detail?” – Process Engineer candidate
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- Flickr/Paul Israel
“If you had to convince your manager to make an investment of $1 M and there is no room in the budget – how would you do so?” – Finance Analyst candidate
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- REUTERS/Procuraduria General de La Republica