I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Oct 2010
Interview
Phone interview followed by on-site interview. Phone interview was for an hr or so. On site interview was conducted by 7-8 people with detailed circuit related questions. Be prepared for going to the drawing board and answering detailed circuit questions. Some equations/derivations expected.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
smitch chart impedance matching problem over the phone.
Good. Technical details were discussed clearly, together with my past projects and relevant domain knowledge. The interview was well structured and focused, with questions that allowed me to present my experience, technical background, and problem-solving approach in a coherent way.
Posso dizer que num geral positiva, processo rápido, em uma semana foi realizado. Perguntas de nível médio, bem técnicas mesmo e assertivas. Entrevistadores simpáticos, duração longa de entrevista, mas foram ok.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Chennai) in Mar 2026
Interview
There are 4 interview rounds.
1st 3 are technical, and the final one is a managerial round
All technical rounds focus on pointers, threads, semaphores, mutexes, memory management, and debugging/output questions. DSA is must.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Cache mechanism, if the cache is full, then what will happen
Dangling pointer
Bitwise OR, AND, and XOR
producer consumer
