I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Qualcomm in Apr 2011
Interview
Very rigorous (just like any large leading tech organization). It lasted 2 days for me and a total of about 8 hours. Interview is usually with all the directors of the business unit under which the candidate is interviewing. You need to do well with all the directors to make it through in most cases.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
everything in your resume and not in your resume !!
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