The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Jan 2009
Interview
I spoke to them at a career fair and had a face to face interview the next day. I then had 2 phone interviews in the time that followed.
All three interviews were difficult. I typically haven't had any problems with other technology companies I have interviewed with, but Qualcomm was able to find the areas that made me stumble. I eventually was able to work out most of the problems, but it was by no means an easy interview.
HR is great about getting back to you, the recruiters are awesome and really help you through the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Discuss why it is best to use different values of decoupling capacitors in a power distribution network instead of a single capacitor.
I applied through college or university. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Qualcomm in Sep 2025
Interview
Qualcomm conducted an online assessment,then it shortlisted top 5 performers , the first round was technical ,it went around 50 min ,after 1st round 3 were selected for next round ,the next round was HR round,it went about 10min,2 were offered internship out of three.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Bengaluru) in Jun 2025
Interview
I was given the opportunity via campus placement .They took a direct interview without any Online Assessment . There were 3 people and initially they asked me questions on the projects and internship that i had mentioned in my resume . Also there were basic/ medium level questions regarding ML , DL and NLP . Also some questions on data structure and a coding question to check my logical aptitude .
I had a single interview which lasted for 1 hour. The interview consisted of machine learning and probability questions. We also reviewed my CV and my research experience. Overall, the difficulty level was average.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you compute the variance of the random variable Y = AX when A is a matrix and X is a vector?
