can anyone comment on this? My lady friend succeeded in the job interview and had been convinced by the hiring manager that she is interested in getting her service in her newly established team. Then few weeks' later (lately), the hiring manager called and told her that she needs her to wait for another month or more (next year quarter, early June) before she could be hired for the position.
She should continue her job search unless she has a written guarantee from Intel that she should report at a specific future date to assume her employment with them. Even with this written guarantee she may not have a job at that time. They can give her the cash equivilent of a few week's pay and tell her she is redundant.