I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Atlanta, GA) in Nov 2014
Interview
There were two on campus rounds 45 mins each regarding digital design basics, VHDL/Verilog, fsm, C/C++ and some pseudo algorithms. One round was entirely on finite state machines and STA and the other was more on general stuff related to programming in C++, arrays, linked lists and pointers.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Santa Barbara, CA) in Nov 2016
Interview
2 phone interviews, each 30-45 min by managers. First one, went into my course work and asked me lots of technical questions about the classes i had taken. Asked me about my internship project. Second interview asked me about my course work as well and asked me a couple technical qs. He also told me about qualcomm and what he does. Brush up on the fundamentals in everything you learned.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Voltage/current relationship in inductor and capacitor?
Digital Hardware applicants have rated the interview process at Qualcomm with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Digital Hardware roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 2 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 Digital Hardware according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Skills test: 50%
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