Company details

Santa Clara, CA

HEADCOUNT

10000+

ORG TYPE

Corporate

SECTOR

Technology & Digital

WEBSITE

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/homepage.html

About the company

Intel designs and builds semiconductors and related hardware and software that power PCs, servers, networking, and edge computing. Intel also runs a large manufacturing and foundry business, with leading-edge process development and high-volume fabs across multiple regions. The company serves consumer device makers, enterprise and cloud customers, and governments through a mix of products and manufacturing services. Intel is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Locations and presence

Intel lists employees located in 46 countries, with major US hubs including Santa Clara (corporate headquarters), Hillsboro, Chandler, Folsom, Rio Rancho, and Austin. Intel announced a shift to a four-days-per-week in-office requirement starting September 1, 2025 for many corporate teams, while manufacturing teams remain site-based.

Palpable Score

71.7

/ 100

Intel offers real entry points through internships and college graduate roles, and Intel backs learning with training, mentoring, and rotational opportunities described in public filings. The score is held back by heavy recent restructuring that has constrained hiring and raised stability concerns, plus limited public data on intern conversion, early-career promotion timelines, and program outcomes.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

16.5

/ 20

The company advertises recurring student internships through Intel’s official Workday-backed careers site, including “Undergraduate Intern” summer roles that refresh each cycle.

Intel posts dedicated “College Graduate” roles on the same platform, signalling a defined pathway for recent graduates beyond internships.

The company’s 2024 annual report states hiring was limited in 2024 and links headcount actions to a planned reduction in the core workforce by early 2025, which makes entry-level volume harder to rely on year to year.

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Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

13.0

/ 20

The company publishes a practical application overview that covers electronic submission, prescreening questions tailored to the job, and confirmation messages plus an email receipt after applying.

Intel publicly states a specific U.S. immigration sponsorship guideline that mainly applies sponsorship to roles requiring a Master’s or PhD, or a Bachelor’s plus at least three years of related experience, which reduces clarity for true new-grad international candidates targeting U.S. roles.

The company does not publish a consistent interview stage map with timelines and feedback expectations for early-career candidates, and public interview reports describe varying numbers of technical rounds and assessments depending on team.

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Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

15.5

/ 20

The company’s internship guidance describes ownership of real projects from day one and calls out building a network inside Intel as a core part of the internship experience.

Intel’s 2024 annual report describes training programs, rotational assignment opportunities, and mentoring in the technical community, plus a job architecture designed to help employees build custom learning curricula.

The company’s Corporate Responsibility Report describes broad wellbeing supports (including employee assistance and mental health resources), but Intel publishes less program-specific onboarding detail for new grads than some peers.

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Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

14.0

/ 20

The company includes pay transparency on at least some US early-career postings, including an “Undergraduate Intern – 2026 Summer” role listing an annualised range of $62,400 to $84,300 for an hourly role.

Intel’s 2024 annual report describes a total rewards package that includes market-competitive pay, stock grants and bonuses, an employee stock purchase plan, healthcare and retirement benefits, paid time off and family leave, and states gender pay equity globally and race/ethnicity pay equity in the US.

The company’s pay stability is harder to score highly because Intel has publicly reported large restructuring and workforce reductions through 2024–2025, which increases perceived risk for early-career offer security in some orgs.

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Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

12.7

/ 20

The company publishes “interns to employees” storytelling and positions internships as a launchpad into post-graduate careers, but Intel does not publish intern-to-full-time conversion rates or return-offer percentages.

Intel has mixed early-career sentiment in public intern reviews: many interns mention meaningful work and supportive teams, while other interns cite manager changes during the internship and uncertainty tied to layoffs and funding.

The company reports an undesired turnover rate of 5.9% in 2024 for regular employees, but Intel does not publish early-career promotion timelines, retention for new grads, or outcomes for specific graduate pipelines during a period of major workforce reduction.

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