I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Feb 2017
Interview
Got phone interview first. Questions were about my published papers. After few days, I received invitation for on-site interview. Asked about my background, some questions regarding programming skills. No behavioral questions were raised. Starting from morning, had one on one interviews consecutively until late afternoon.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions related to the work / project I have done, and what algorithms / solutions were developed.
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
Senior Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Qualcomm with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Engineer roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 42 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 Senior Engineer according to 42 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Phone interview: 24%
Skills test: 14%
Background check: 14%
Group panel interview: 10%
Presentation: 5%
Drug test: 3%
Personality test: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 1%
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