Internship applicants have rated the interview process at Qualcomm with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 68% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Internship roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 36 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 Internship according to 36 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 14%
Presentation: 14%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Drug test: 6%
Group panel interview: 2%
Background check: 2%
Personality test: 2%
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Didn't provide any useful feedback at the end of the interview. The interview went well with all the questions correctly answered but some minor help in the syntax. No questions regarding my projects or resume were asked
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basics of Microcontroller architecture, SPI, I2C protocols, debugging skills and board bring up. C basics, structures, pointers, header files. Working of interrupts, vector tables and subroutines.
I applied online. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Ireland, IN) in Sep 2025
Interview
One interview with ML Related questions and training related questions (overfitting etc).
The person was very nice and understanding, and it looked very professional.
I was also asked about my projects and many details about how it went.
There were 3 rounds of interview. There were 2 technical rounds and 1 HR round. This is apart from the online assessment conducted as screening. It was an on campus opportunity in our college.
Straightforward interview and a cordial interviewer. The interview was conducted remotely over Zoom with one interviewer. The technical and typical interview questions were straightforward, and follow up by email was quick.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical question regarding how to recognize randomness in a signal.