I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in June 2013
Interview
COre technology, specific to what you know, more detailed w.r.t to the projects you have worked on.
Not much behavioral stuff, More practical issue, technical details. Interviewers were friendly and helpful and gave hints when things are goind out of context
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
More in to technology specific, rather than puzzles and general OS and data structure related
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
