I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Apr 2011
Interview
Focus of web technologies, WebKit, Android, Blink, and open source process. Whiteboard coding in language of your choice (Java, C++, Python are preferred). Be prepared to explain what you're doing as you are whiteboarding. Style seems modeled after Google, Facebook, and Amazon interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a range of integers from 0-N, and an array of blacklisted numbers, write a Java method to return a random number in the allowed range.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Jose, CA) in Sept 2020
Interview
The interview process was very good. There was first a phone screen. The phone screen is technical. If the candidate passed the phone screen, then there was a full panel interview with 4 people for a day.
Applied online and was selected for interview. Met with department manager for interview conducted in his office. Though it shouldn't really matter, I couldn't help but notice the interviewer and all the employees I saw in cubicles around his office appeared to be from India, which seemed confirmed by their strong accents when I said hello to them as I walked by.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Oddly, the interview questions he asked were exactly the same questions I answered on the application, so I answered them the same way. He had the answers to those questions already in my application papers on his desk, so I found this line of questioning odd. He didn't ask me anything else, nothing related to the job I was applying for, or past performance, or my extensive experience in the field, only those generic questions from the application. It didn't feel like an interview at all, he was looking out the window most of the time; it was more like he was just checking off a box, like something he had to do with no intention of hiring.
