I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Nov 2024
Interview
There were two interview rounds. Both focused on fundamental concepts. First interview round was a bit generic and asked about projects, and went deeper into it. Second round was mainly about computer Architecture.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
SPI Protocol (As it was there in my resume)
Pattern Detection FSM
XOR gate transistor level diagram
Draw a latch and a Flip - Flop
1. Screening
2. Full Loop 4 rounds (C++ , Embedded System)
3. Interrupts and Multithreading
4. Interview aimed at C++ and C coding and Understanding of the working of the camera.
Qualcomm reached out before Grace Hopper in 2024 to schedule an interview. Onsite was a leetcode medium 2 pointers question. Then they followed up with another systems C++ interview. I initially thought I failed the systems C++ interview but it turns out the interviewer may have rejected me as a systems intern and instead recommended me for software engineering.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First round: Leetcode 2 pointers
Second round: C++ pointers, memory management, structs, how to find a memory leak in a program, properties of the python set