I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Allahabad) in Aug 2016
Interview
There will be written test followed by 3 round of interviews comprising of 2 technical rounds and 1 HR.
In written test there were 3 sections- (a) Aptitude (b) Questions related to C n data structure (c) technical section in which you will have options to choose according to your branch. I opted electronics.
I am from ECE background, so in interview they were mainly focussing on Digital Electronics, Analog Electronics and verilog.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Schmitt Trigger, verilog code of a waveform, sequential ciruits, multivibrators
three rounds of interview
1. dsa two qns from hacker rank (1 easy and 1 medium) and projects
2. dsa 1 qn (medium) and a api read and manipulate qns from hacker rank
i got rejected in 2nd round
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Cork)
Interview
HR & Technical, pretty standard. There was a few coding questions, and the interviewer was helpful and they were trying to help clarify the questions. HR was helpful and made a lot of customizations for me
ScreenTest
3 Technical Rounds
OS, DP, LinkedList, Bit Manipulation and string coding questions.
Semaphores, mutexes, OSI layers etc.
Applied via LinkedIN.
Went through past interview questions.
Bit Manipulation and memory management is important.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
ScreenTest
3 Technical Rounds
OS, DP, LinkedList, Bit Manipulation and string coding questions.
Semaphores, mutexes, OSI layers etc.
Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Qualcomm with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 70% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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One on one interview: 23%
Skills test: 10%
Personality test: 7%
Presentation: 7%
Group panel interview: 6%
Background check: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 1%
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