jp_newgrad · 4 replies
i have a recruiter from Intel in my inbox and i'm trying to figure out if i should pursue it. i know they've had multiple rounds of layoffs in the last couple years and the stock has been rough. does anyone know if they're actually hiring new grads into real roles, or is this a pipeline-building thing? i graduate in august and i can't afford to waste 6 weeks on a loop that goes nowhere. also, do they still do the new grad rotation programs or is that gone?
they ARE hiring, but selectively. the new grad rotational program (called EDGE, i think) has been scaled back but not eliminated. if the recruiter reached out to you specifically, that's a real signal, not spam. still worth asking them directly: 'is this a backfill or a net-new headcount, and what's the current start-date window?' a good recruiter will tell you.
i went through their new grad loop in january, made it to offer stage, and then it got rescinded during a hiring freeze. so... i'm not going to say don't try, but have a backup plan running in parallel.
ugh that's exactly what i was afraid of. did you get any warning before the rescind or was it just a call out of nowhere?
recruiter called on a tuesday, said they had to pause the HC for 'business reasons', apologized. no warning at all. it happens. intel isn't uniquely bad for this, a lot of big companies pulled the same thing in 2024-2025. just don't sign an apartment lease on a verbal offer.