Software Engineering applicants have rated the interview process at Qualcomm with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 85% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineering roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 14 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 Software Engineering according to 14 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 37%
Skills test: 16%
Presentation: 16%
Phone interview: 16%
Background check: 5%
Personality test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
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The entire process consisted of reaching out through a recruiter and one phone screen interview with the hiring manager and a past intern (current employee). I heard back within a couple days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what is the difference between pass by value and pass by reference?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Champaign, IL) in Oct 2014
Interview
Very behavioral interview with a few technical questions. They were heavily interested in my background and previous internships. We talked about problems faced in the past and how I overcame them. I was asked what material I had covered in school thus far so he would ask me about something I did not know about.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q. Write a function in C to find the character that occurs the most in a string
Q. What is the runtime of that function?
Q. Write a function to traverse a binary tree and give the runtime of it.
Phone Interview coding on paper then picture. He would call and I would write down on a piece of paper how the methods I would solve it. Finally I would take a picture of the program and text it to him.
I applied online. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA)
Interview
Two Technical Interviews:
1. Describing resume and technical aspects of projects
2. Emphasis on C/C++, pointers, recursion, basics, they asked me questions based on what I knew from my resume
- whiteboarding coding questions
- gave hints when I got stuck
- questions vary based on your interviewer
- value thought process
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is a static variable in C? What is a global variable?