Hardware Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Qualcomm with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Hardware Engineer roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 43 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 Hardware Engineer according to 43 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 31%
Phone interview: 22%
Presentation: 14%
Skills test: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Personality test: 5%
Background check: 4%
Group panel interview: 3%
Drug test: 1%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Feb 2016
Interview
HR contacted me to schedule five technical interviews. I provided HR with my available time slot for phone interviews. HR arranged schedules of the five interviews.It took two weeks for phone interviews. Five technical interviews were made and the questions they asked were not that difficult, but very specific and detailed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions were vary broad from algorithm to HW design.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Hod HaSharon) in May 2026
Interview
3-Stages,i only did the first one. they asked about grades,project i did, and asked my to explain and draw the design for my final project. after that, ive been asked a few questions.
It was on campus hiring. It consists of an online assessment and resume screening, followed by 3 rounds of interviews, out of which 2 were technical and 1 was HR.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Hsinchu)
Interview
The interview process spanned 4 days with one 1–2 hour session per day. Each round began with a 30-minute discussion on my college projects, followed by deep dives into Computer Architecture (CPU Design, Cache ＤDesign, etc.). One of the sessions also included a simple whiteboard coding question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Cache Design (calculating cache bits involves breaking down the CPU address into Tag, Index, and Offset field)