I applied online. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA)
Interview
Began with a phone screen interview which was all technical for about 45 mins to an hour. Called for on-site interview with 5-6 rounds. My first interviewer did not show up on time and the whole interview process was delayed by an hour and half. All the interviews after that were standard. But the interviewers were thoroughly unprofessional. They almost seemed disinterested in taking my interview and were making faces. Looking at their computer screen while hearing my answers and asking me questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No unexpected questions as such. I was asked a questions on details of MP3 format which were a little difficult.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Aug 2013
Interview
After the telephonic interview, I was asked for an on-site interview. The on-site interview had 7 back to back interviews. All the interviews are in different building locations and that was the biggest challenge. Some interviewers were late or were missing from their offices, so the interviews time had to be extended. I had no breather in-between those interviews as I had to literally run to catch up the other interviews on time. Overall a very bad experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find a software bug from a code snippet. The code had something to do with malloc and calloc.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Boulder, CO)
Interview
After submitting my resume, I received an e-mail stating they were interested. The phone interview wasn't too bad, it lasted about 1 hour and focused mainly on technical programming questions. The on-site interview was pretty intense. I interviewed with 4 different people where they grilled me on technical questions. They are mostly interested in data storage and retrieval; hash tables, binary search trees, etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a list from 1 to 100, name all the different ways you can determine if there are duplicates. Which is the most efficient?