I applied online. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Mar 2013
Interview
the interview is quite team dependent. unlike web companies, leetcode/lintcode is 100% required. QCOM want you to match the team requirements directly. The best way is to contact your friends in the team then you got focus of that team. Otherwise, it is very hard to get offer since interview questions are quite diversified.
Good. Technical details were discussed clearly, together with my past projects and relevant domain knowledge. The interview was well structured and focused, with questions that allowed me to present my experience, technical background, and problem-solving approach in a coherent way.
Posso dizer que num geral positiva, processo rápido, em uma semana foi realizado. Perguntas de nível médio, bem técnicas mesmo e assertivas. Entrevistadores simpáticos, duração longa de entrevista, mas foram ok.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Chennai) in Mar 2026
Interview
There are 4 interview rounds.
1st 3 are technical, and the final one is a managerial round
All technical rounds focus on pointers, threads, semaphores, mutexes, memory management, and debugging/output questions. DSA is must.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Cache mechanism, if the cache is full, then what will happen
Dangling pointer
Bitwise OR, AND, and XOR
producer consumer
