Fast forward, the entire process took 1 month. If approached by a recruiter, the process might be straight forward. It can also be very fast depending on the project. job.sintel.com is a good website for monitoring new positions at Intel. Most of them are a real need for projects. Some other positions are not for immediate hiring and in this case, usually it is specified in the anouncment.

The shortlisting process included selecting students based on the CGPA, the minimum criteria was 7.5. Along with CGPA, shortlisting was also done based on Resume. Their primary requirement was students from VLSI and Hardware Background, secondary Software Role(mainly Soc and Embedded Systems)