There are 3 technical interview rounds conducted. In first round asking some basic pointer-level questions. Pointer arithmetic. Questions are mostly asked in C programming language. Asked from Data types, Wrap around, Bitwise operators, Function pointers, Wild pointers, Dangling pointers, How to avoid already freed pointers not free again, and Some logically linked list programs, Like sorting merging lists.
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Question 1
There are two different linked list, Merge second linked list into first linked list in the given position?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Jan 2026
Interview
Applied via recruiter. Pro tip: Be well versed with the projects mentioned on your resume. Expect behavioral questions as well. Overall, a good experience knowing the current trend of interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about your background
-What was the most difficult bug you have solved and how did you debug it?
-Implement a priority scheduler. Same priority tasks are scheduled based on first come first serve.
- Implement a calculator without using if else, switch case, loop constructs.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Toronto, ON) in Jan 2024
Interview
I had 3 rounds of interviews, each 1hr long. 1st round with principal engineer (half generic phone screen questions, half easy C language questions), 2nd round with senior engineer on the team (run through of resume and previous work experience, then 2 coding questions), 3rd round with senior engineer on the team (run through of resume and previous work experience, then 1 harder coding question), then an offer was extended a week after that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Simple C language questions (static, volatile, custom memory allocators, etc.). The technical coding questions related to bit manipulation and string manipulation.
