I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Oct 2012
Interview
Onsite interview with 7 rounds from different teams including a lunch interview. Questions based of school projects, research work, algorithm and embedded C questions.
Computer architecture questions covered about cache, pipelining and verilog projects, TLB, virtual memory.
Questions on bit manipulation, linked lists, effiecient use of pointers and stack usage. Questions on openmp and embedded C concepts.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interview based of resume: Computer architecture, Embedded systems, Algorithms and C coding and debugging questions
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Bengaluru)
Interview
The first was an online test which was very difficult. The questions were tough. After getting selected to the interview,2 rounds of basic questions in VLSI were asked regarding pass transistors,setup time, hold time and how to manage those violations. There was no GD.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Define Setup time,hold time and describe some methods to manage setup and hold time violations?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Jan 2011
Interview
Apply online
Phone interview + 1day onsite with 4-5 interviews
Interview is done by people not from the hiring team.
If you apply for multiple opening, chances are that all interview will happen in one go.