I applied through other source. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at Intel Corporation (Hillsboro, OR) in Jan 2013
Interview
Applied the application online and had 2 phone interviews. The first interview was mostly about technical questions. You really need to know about finance stuff. The second interview was mostly behavioral questions (only one finance question). After the second interview, you will received an email whether you have passed the phone interview or not.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
•Tell me about yourself.
•Which Intel location is your most preference?
•Tell me about a time when you have to make a quick decision.
•If your manager wants to add 2 new budgets for next year and the board of the director said they don’t have the money to do so, what would you present to your manager?
•How would you reduce discount rate from 15% to 7.5% annually?
•What do you think is the most important in financial control of a company?
•How would you explain NPV (Net Present Value) to someone in engineering who knows nothing about Finance?
•Why audit (in finance) is important?
•How to calculate the discount rate?
•Intel is the leader in chipmaker industry. It has 80% of share in market. What challenges do you think Intel faces for being in such position?
•Tell me about a time when you face some challenges and how you overcome it? (includes the unique skill set you used)
•Tell me about a time when you face a roadblock and how you overcome it.
•Tell me about a time when you face difficulty and what would you have done differently.
•You are in a team of creating a product in which a lot of people are counting on you. Your manager wants the projects to have a gross margin of 43% or more. There are 3 projects that has 45% of gross margin. Which projects would you recommend to your manager? Is it possible to have a low gross margin with a high NPV?
I interviewed at Intel Corporation (Hillsboro, OR)
Interview
It was a somewhat formal process with multiple rounds. One on campus interview, and a follow up visit with 5 different interview sessions. The follow up from HR was quick and very good.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Intel Corporation
Interview
Very standard asked me a set of 8-10 questions both technical and behavioral. However some of the interviewees did not seem to be all that interested in the process and made me concerned on how the actual work and culture might be.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some technical questions, but very high level.
ie: What is your standard process for managing negative news within a quarterly review?
The interview was very good and the panel was very friendly and fair. The outcome of my interview is still pending. The questions that were asked in the interview were about my behavioral competencies, my skills, and job experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions about strenghts and weaknesses, as well as team effort
Financial Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Intel Corporation with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Financial Analyst roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 71 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Intel Corporation overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Intel Corporation as a Financial Analyst according to 71 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
Phone interview: 25%
Background check: 10%
Skills test: 10%
Drug test: 9%
Group panel interview: 6%
Personality test: 4%
Presentation: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 1%
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