Summer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Qualcomm with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Summer Intern roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Qualcomm overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Qualcomm as a Summer Intern according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 57%
Background check: 14%
Skills test: 14%
Presentation: 14%
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I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Jan 2022
Interview
There were two interviews. The interviewers were quite nice. All you need to apply for a field in which you have expertise. Also, stay positive and confident during the interview.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Hyderābād) in Oct 2023
Interview
Mostly it was related to projects related to resume and some basic question on Architecture. Coming to hardware topics I have written Y-86 64 architecture and projects related to verilog etc. So they mainly focused on them
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most of the questions are related to resume.
Some questions related to digital architecture like pipelining, sequential design. Some related to STA and finite state machines
I got an email to choose from a number of time slots. I selected one and had an interview. The interviewer wasn't very friendly and went straight to technical questions without any icebreaking.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The questions were basic stuff from diverse topics. However, some of them were from tables/charts from the text (you need to memorize, or else impossible to say the exact values).
First round - MCQ coding questions, math questions
Second round - Questions on project mentioned in my resume, basic questions on coding, image processing, "Tell me about yourself" question
Third round - HR formality to say that you are selected, answer any questions I had.