How do I get a job at Intel?

I would agree with the anonymous poster that if Intel recruits at your campus, you have a great shot. It helps to know alumni of your university. While things might have shifted significantly over the past 20 years, I found Intel to be a highly sociable engineering environment. Your technical and interpersonal skills will be highly valued so get them both up to snuff :)

Others have covered the optimal background/resume.  For large companies, the best method is to impress someone within the company and have them send your resume to teams that would be a good fit.  Intel sends recruiters to top colleges and gathers resumes.  Often the employee attending the job fair will cherry pick some of the best resumes for his/her group.  All the resumes get added to the job system and after that it's pure luck to have your resume routed to a team that's a good fit.  Your best bet is to befriend someone within Intel and have them forward your resume to an appropriate hiring manager (bypassing all the layers of HR).

I was hired at intel last summer for a software engineering role. I was interviewed at and hired from an offsite location with less than 500 employees. I suspect it may be easier to get in the door at a location outside of the traditional tech centers. There's a ton of competition in places like silicon valley and Seattle. Get hired elsewhere and you still get the same pay, benefits, and ability to transfer in the company later.   I also had a friend working in the location I was hired at so the internal reference helped a lot.

Well, it depends on your background. I'm a veteran, and I was interviewed by Intel twice. I felt that I was a good fit for them both times, but in the end they decided that I was not. I did not have a Masters degree, only my experience in the Navy for 8 years and a BS in Criminal Justice. Many other interviewees were similar. Intel hired a bunch of them, but also did not hire a bunch of us. I think it was around 60 percent hired. So, yes, depending on your background it can be tough. Tech jobs is probably easier to get into if you don't have a Masters. Experience in tech related fields will help, especially if you know electrical theory. Otherwise, good luck! :D It's a really great company to work for if you get into it, and you can even get placed internationally I believe.