I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Jan 2018
Interview
Applied online. They have quick process. It only took approximately two weeks. The interview was about 80 minutes long over the phone. Make sure what you put on your resume is something you actually know or excelled at. They seemed to focus on what I have done and wanted me to explain most of my projects. Based on that they asked follow up questions.
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Question 1
What gets saved when a process is interrupted? where does it get saved?
2 technical interviews with a mix of behavioral questions about past experiences as well as coding/technical questions. The interviewers were nice, but they did ask questions that seemed out of the initial defined scope of the interview.
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Question 1
How does back propogation work? How's it different from forward propagation?
The interviews had both behavioral and technical questions, also some of the interviews required me to do live coding. Specifically for the position I interviewed, there was three interviews with three different team leaders.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me how to swap two variable value. Then they extended the question to how to do it on bit level
I applied online. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Seoul)
Interview
I received email explaining recruiting process and link to the online coding test. The test was not difficult but there was no option to go back and solve previous problems that I was not expecting
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Question 1
Algorithms, sorting, asked questions related to information and dev stack from CV.
Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Qualcomm with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 90% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 41 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 Engineer(Internship) according to 41 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 25%
Phone interview: 24%
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Drug test: 4%
Background check: 3%
Group panel interview: 3%
Personality test: 3%
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