I posted my resume in the career fair at my university. Next day I was informed that of the 200 odd resumes that they had received, only mine had been forwarded to the company. I received a call next week from a group leader at Intel regarding setting up a phone interview, which I did for the very next day. The phone interview was a breeze.. I kept talking and talking for the whole one hour and finally they interrupted me as the time is over. They asked me to come over to Hillsboro for an onsite interview 2 weeks later. The onsite interview was a bit long and boring. Presentation attended by around 20 people, group leader 1-1 interview and interviews with many other people. There was a technical session too- in which they asked random questions which seemed totally unrelated. At that time I thought I was a goner, but then I realized that they were just putting me under pressure and seeing how I perform. I have to mention here this is a "no-research' job. For someone who also has very good post-doc fellowship offers, which I am pretty sure would have translated into faculty positions in 3-4 years offers, it was a dilemma whether to move to the industry where there is no research. But, considering my family position, I decided my dream of becoming a professor is not as important as keeping my family happy and well fed. I decided to be sucked in my the green bills.

Very easy interview process. It took 3 months to get the offer. great work experience, poor management. strict deadlines. stressful, no work life balance, low salary, poor communication between upper management and engineers. lots of office politics