I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Hyderabad) in Jun 2012
Interview
3 rounds, focusing the network, communication and protocols
Powersave, protocol specifications for mobile wifi device
Security in wifi, Perl program to reverse the string TCP/IP protocol stack Why Qualcomm ?
Explain admission control, listen interval, TIM and DTIM
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain Powersave, protocol for mobile wifi device and WiFi featuers, WPS, WMM, AC
It is first round with HM. HM digging deep on my resume bullets. HM mainly asked behavioral questions for each bullets. Overall experience is great. We had great conversations. one pseudo coding on parallel programming.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Noida) in Dec 2025
Interview
They gave no idea about overall process. Just calling to scheduling rounds. No alignment discussions. Just kept on taking technical rounds without sharing any details of role. And post all rounds gave an offer way below my current compensation. Overall wasted my time & I would recommended anyone in my network to go with them.
4 technical rounds were there. Mostly general - DSA, sorting & searching algos, some hard leetcode, system design & resume deep dive.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Sorting & searching algos, Hard leetcode, resume deep dive
I got the referral from employee and my resume shortlisted. There is a hacker rank test and followed by three interviews and hr discussion.
Process was smooth and all my interviews are done in one day.
