Physical Design applicants have rated the interview process at Qualcomm with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Physical Design roles take an average of 4 days to get hired, when considering 4 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 Physical Design according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
Background check: 20%
IQ intelligence test: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Roorkee) in Dec 2011
Interview
One written test. Mostly data structures and basic IQ and C.
one HR and one technical interview. Mine was on Campus and everything was decided then only.
Because it was on campus. So, in the morning was the test. By the evening got the interview call and by night 2 interviews face to face and one telephonic with HR.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Setup and hold time
basic embedded systems - ALU, Memory, control logic
moore mealey machine, state transition diagram
1. What is mealy and moore machine? Give examples.
2. Draw the state machine for traffic light problem.
3. 9 coin puzzle.
4. Sharp shooter puzzle
5. Draw CMOS inverter,buffer,nand gate and explain their operations.
6. Write verilog code for traffic light problem
7. How many values can be returned from a function in C?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. What is mealy and moore machine? Give examples.
2. Draw the state machine for traffic light problem.
3. 9 coin puzzle.
4. Sharp shooter puzzle
5. Draw CMOS inverter,buffer,nand gate and explain their operations.
6. Write verilog code for traffic light problem
7. How many values can be returned from a function in C?
I applied online. I interviewed at Qualcomm in Feb 2022
Interview
Two rounds of Technical Interview,
First round was with a member in the team and second round was with the manager. Interview was more focusing on Pd flow, Static Time Analysis
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Pd flow, STA, questions on how to fix setup and hold violations