I applied online. I interviewed at Qualcomm in Apr 2013
Interview
Phone Interview : Pretty much standard questions about static keyword, Linked Lists and then finally the interviewer showed me few pieces of code on google docs and asked to find problems in them if any like Memory leaks. Segfaults etc. Later, I found out that the questions were picked up from some website word-to-word. I gave answers to almost all the questions but failed to notice problems well in the last two pieces of code. It's ridiculous, that it was the basis of rejection.
Also, the interviewer kept boasting about how he has worked in almost all the areas that I can possibly name. I am not saying mine was a stellar performance, but overall negative attitude by interviewer and Negative interview.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Boulder, CO) in Mar 2013
Interview
I was contacted by phone about a hiring event for their Colorado office, which took place about a month after the initial call. They flew me out to Colorado with flight, hotel, and meals paid for. Event included campus tour, Q&A session, and the interviews. There were three 45 minute interviews on computer algorithms, debugging, and multithreading.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The most difficult question for me ended up being a multithreading question, mostly because it was the subject least familiar to me.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Mar 2013
Interview
6 rounds of interviews with people from different groups. Most of the people are very nice so no need to be nervous. In the morning HR will briefly introduce to all the candidate about the company and where to to for the interview (gathered together first in the morning at one location). Then another HR personal will meet you individually then talk about some basic information about you that they would like to know first. Such as how do you know about the company and what's your expected salary, any pending or arranged interview with other companies and so on.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Link list implementation of a full functional queue on a white board.