The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Jul 2010
Interview
I had a prior internship with Qualcomm. Within 2 months of the end of my internship, Qualcomm notified me that I was selected for a full-time hire. They performed a background check (no drug test) and let my previous experience speak for itself. To my knowledge, Qualcomm is great at rolling over interns. They trust in their initial recruitment and ask the majority of their interns to come back as long as their exit interview was satisfactory.
The exit interview at the end of the internship is a discussion with your manager. They provide feedback on your performance and you have the chance to ask any questions, similar to a one-on-one.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Qualcomm in Jan 2012
Interview
Asked me lot about the project in my resume. Basic C concepts like declare a pointer, how to reference to a an object of unknown data type. (void). Difference between if else/switch etc
The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm in Jan 2012
Interview
The phone interview went over my resume and basic technical questions about the theory of DSP. Some computer science questions about sorting. Ended phone interview with a brain teaser.
The on site interview was a panel . Met with an HR person, then 5 engineers/managers who asked very technical questions such as writing computer code and explaining sampling theory.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What kind of filter is this?
y(n) = summation from i = 0 to i = M [ (1/M)*x(n-i) ]