I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Feb 2025
Interview
three Rounds, one HR, two technical. Interviewers were great and helpful, for the technical they were very accommodating of the fact I was a new graduate coming out of college.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain in detail specific computer engineering questions, like how is cashe stored in the computer. What happens with the information, as well as questions about overclocking and when and why people use this mechanism.
Back to back rounds of interview with two staff engineers. Both technical, involving a mix of behavior and technical challenges that involves system design and basic C coding. The coding problems are leetcode easy level of difficulty.
Not a great experience overall, and probably the most unpleasant i've had. Firstly I was unaware it was a technical interview, suddenly 3 people on the call besides me. lots of general questions about object oriented programming and fundamentals. Very scripted and felt like it was a college exam, very little discussion