It was on campus hiring. It consists of an online assessment and resume screening, followed by 3 rounds of interviews, out of which 2 were technical and 1 was HR.
Accepted offer
Negative experience
Application
I applied online. I interviewed at Qualcomm (New York, NY)
Interview
Application
I applied online. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in October 2016.
Interview
I applied for software engineer of Qualcomm in August. I had phone interview in the end of September. After 2 weeks, the HR emailed me about onsite interview invitation. And in the end of October, I went to San Diego for the onsite.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Phone Interview:
1. What is Static keyword
2. What is for loop
3. What are differences between Struct and Union
4. What is Binary Tree inorder traversal
5. What is Binary Heap
6. Is Binary Heap totally in order
7. What is Cache
8. IPv4 IPv6 differences
9. What are two parts of IPv6 addresses
10. Programming: Byte Reverse of an integer
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Hsinchu)
Interview
The interview process spanned 4 days with one 1–2 hour session per day. Each round began with a 30-minute discussion on my college projects, followed by deep dives into Computer Architecture (CPU Design, Cache ＤDesign, etc.). One of the sessions also included a simple whiteboard coding question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Cache Design (calculating cache bits involves breaking down the CPU address into Tag, Index, and Offset field)
The interviewer was friendly and created a supportive atmosphere. They offered constructive hints when I got stuck, showing they were focused on my thought process, which made for a positive experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked questions on STA,my projects, Verilog case statements
