Silicon Validation Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Qualcomm with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Silicon Validation Engineer roles take an average of 2 days to get hired, when considering 2 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 Silicon Validation Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
Personality test: 25%
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Was reached out to by a recruiter, did not receive any teams meeting invite and only saw a 45-min long phone call, the interviewer rescheduled twice last minute and during the interview it was clear he did not want to be there.
Asked some technical questions regarding synthesis and theoretical testing for DUT (mine was memory) and also some behavioral questions like encountering a problem during silicon bringup/emulation and how did you resolve.
Lastly was a logical question but anytime I thought outloud and it wasnt the correct process he would interrupt, shake his head and just say "No." then go and do what I presume was work during the interview.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Chennai) in May 2023
Interview
Initial screening round was a telephonic interview. Then there were 5 rounds of technical interviews which were face to face interviews.
It included the coding ability and the technical discussions round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
About my hands on Experience in the current position.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Chennai) in May 2023
Interview
It was 5 rounds of technical interviews. It was a good one.
They covered all the topics which I have hands on experience and also they tested by my coding knowledge.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Majority of the questions were asked based on my experience.