I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Boulder, CO) in Aug 2012
Interview
I was contacted by Qualcomm HR through LinkedIn due to my relevant background experience. I was invited to interview with their team to "perhaps find a job which is a good fit for me", i.e. I never applied for a specific job, but they thought I might be a good fit for something they were looking to fill. Since this was the case, the interviews were a little ambiguous because there was really no specific posiiton associated with the interviews. Aas such, the questions were kept somewhat general, and also I was not able to get many of my questions about the company or the position answered.
1. Phone screening and email correspondence to set up on-site interview.
2. Two person on-site interview. Very technical.
3. Five person on-site interview. Very technical.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a C++ program to count the number of one bits in an integer.
Write a C++ program to generate a singly linked list.
Write a C++ program to find a loop in a linked list.
What is the computational complexity of various types of search (i.e. Big Oh analysis for array search, binary search, etc.)
Write an FPGA program / state machine to search for a pattern in a sequence of bits read serially.
they call you and ask you the your availability and typical interview goes for 3 hours if they are interested. They ask C questions and your project related questions. At last a manager comes and takes your interview.
I had 1 screening round with 4 onsite rounds . All the rounds focuses on basic C concepts and additional concepts specific to role. Prepare behavioural questions related to your past work experience
Applied online. Recruiter reached out to schedule 2 technical interviews , 1 was about C/C++ coding , as well as fundamental coding / memory concepts. And another was a deep dive about items on my resume focusing on both technical and other aspects. Thought they went good but didn’t get the offer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Going through code snippets and finding issues/ changing code
