I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Qualcomm in Feb 2012
Interview
I had 2 phone interview each one about 1 hour. It followed by an on site interview in San Diego.
They allowed my one hour presentation about my PhD work. and I had 1:1 interview with 7 member of a team. They ask technical questions but not related to what you do and each one mostly ask about what they do in the team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
non linearity of the divider in the sigma delta fractional N PLL.