I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Hyderabad) in Jun 2012
Interview
It was an on-site interview at Hyderabad. There were two technical rounds, one managerial round and an HR round. The first technical started as an icebreaker with basic C questions but progressed into a probing mode soon with focus on computer architecture. The second one was fine and I got the questions except one number puzzle one. The managerial round had technical questions as well as a a puzzle question which really dificult. HR round was a cakewalk.
Make 300 using the numbers from 1 to 9 in the same order (i.e. 1,2,3,,,,,,,) and can use any mathematical symbols and combine them too as in 12/3+4*567 etc.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Jul 2012
Interview
This took several weeks to complete. Qualcomm reached out to me for a position I had applied for three months earlier. After a phone screening I was invited to an all-day onsite interview. Unfortunately, being Summer, rounding up all the participants was hard due to vacations.
It was three weeks before I had my onsite meeting. It was another 2 weeks until I got the results.
Aside from the time issue, it was a very good interview process. I enjoyed all the individuals, and got a favorable review according to the HR rep. Unfortunately another applicant had more direct experience than I did.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a routine to find the square root of a number. Then make it faster.