Modem Systems Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Qualcomm with 3.3 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 62.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Modem Systems Engineer roles take an average of 44 days to get hired, when considering 6 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 Modem Systems Engineer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Group panel interview: 13%
Skills test: 7%
Other: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Personality test: 7%
Drug test: 7%
Presentation: 7%
Background check: 7%
One on one interview: 7%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
there are in total of 3 rounds of interviews. The 1st round is with the project manager, 2nd round with 4 employees, 3rd round with HR. The projector manager mainly talked about the background of the team, and let me introduce my own background. The second round took 3 hours, one hour is for me to give a presentation, one hour with 2 employees for questions, one hour with another 2 employees for questions.
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I gave a presentation about my phd research, all questions are about my presentation
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Bengaluru) in Oct 2024
Interview
Questions were asked on data structures, C coding questions, wireless communication, 5G communication technology, M-Tech project, etc. Two rounds for small cell division and 1 round for modem firmware and 1 hr round.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Bengaluru) in Dec 2023
Interview
This is an on-campus day-one interview. There are a total two technical rounds, each of which lasts around 40 to 50 minutes. These two technical rounds completely focused on topics related to Probability, Wireless Communication, Linear Algebra, Detection Estimation Theory, and Digital Signal Processing.
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Q: If two random variables X1 and X2 are i.i.d. with means zero and variances equal to sigma1^2 and sigma^2, then what is the variance of the new random variable X1 + X2?
Very conducive environment. Focused on fit in the environment. technical phone interview for 1 hour, 5 sessions of 1 hour each with leads of the different teams in modem and RF teams and HR. 10am to 4pm. used break time for general discussion.
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Question 1
OFDM, modulation schemes, Random Procesess, linear algebra, Digital filter design.