Technical questions (not too difficult, pretty standard) and then we had an in-depth discussion of previous research projects (the interviewer had read my most recent paper). It lasted approx 45 mins.
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They asked me general ML questions (eg overfitting, underfitting), how CNNs work, regularisation methods etc. and some stats (0 covariance vs independence). Then we discussed my recent research projects in detail.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Bengaluru) in May 2025
Interview
Implement Causal Masking in decoder only architecture using Pytorch.
What is grouped query attention.
What is Mixture of Experts.
Difference between encoder only architecture and decoder only architecture.
Explain convolution operation in CNNs.
What is NMS algorithm in YOLO
Had an online call with the hiring manager. 1 hour technical interview, goes like this; my technical past first, then some technical questions, then some questions I had. There can be more rounds. Overall positive experience, kind and professional.
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uvm tb structure, missing code completion, pointing to errors. factory overwrites etc.