I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Qualcomm in Dec 2012
Interview
1 initial phone screening by HR, and then on-site interviews which consist of 4 rounds at the same day. All technical questions. I was in charge of the physical layer of LTE in my former employer, so the questions are mainly about LTE physical layer spec and algorithm. Review your OFDM / MIMO / estimation stuff and some basic specs like transmission modes, fading channel and its estimation.