I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Qualcomm in Jan 2010
Interview
This was a thorough interview, with 8 or 9 people interviewing me over a day lasting from about 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
It's important to stress recent experience with the C language, and be prepared to code some simple algorithms quickly (e.g., how would one scan a linked list, how are list members inserted, etc.)
The culture is typical for Silicon Valley.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you create a linked list and then reverse its members?
Senior Member Technical Staff applicants have rated the interview process at Qualcomm with 4 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.
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