I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Bengaluru) in Nov 2015
Interview
total 5 rounds of interviews. First one was telephonic followed by four face to face rounds.
Questions mostly comprised of-
debugging of issues related to memory.
algorithms and data structures(complexity).
Operating systems.
pointers.
Few puzzles as well.
At last I am happy to get into my dream company-Qualcomm.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most of the questions were focused on C/C++ and data structures.
three rounds of interview
1. dsa two qns from hacker rank (1 easy and 1 medium) and projects
2. dsa 1 qn (medium) and a api read and manipulate qns from hacker rank
i got rejected in 2nd round
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Cork)
Interview
HR & Technical, pretty standard. There was a few coding questions, and the interviewer was helpful and they were trying to help clarify the questions. HR was helpful and made a lot of customizations for me
2 rounds with both technical and focusing on computer architecture and performance. risc related questions and how to improve the performance on superscalar computers. the interviewer did not expect full answer but expected to know the basics about superscalar
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
superscalar architecture and risc architecture. how to improve performance