I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Singapur)
Interview
1st- online interview. Panel of 3. Hiring manager keeps interrupting.
2nd- on site interview. Panel of 2. Hiring manager and his boss. Self-introduction of everyone present. They have been working more than 20 years at Qualcomm and I'll be replacing someone who has been working for almost a decade. Good sign this is a good long term employment.
However, it went downhill from there. Apart from 1 question related to my abilities, everything else was about me having a young family, religion, how far away i live ( less than an hour away) and listening to my fortune being told (director-level interviewer firmly believes he has the ability to know a person just by their looks) and some sub-par kindergarten question.
Left the interview wondering if these guys have been formally trained to conduct interviews or if there are guidelines in Qualcomm on how to conduct a fair interview.
Next day- Contacted by talent acquisition with an offer.
Needless to say, I didn't accept although the package was huge
On hindsight, the recruiter and talent acquisition people were efficient and polite, kudos to them coz I have never seen somebody HR related doing above average. Sadly, these 2 discriminating dinosaurs spoiled my hope of a dream role.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Do you believe I can know a person inside-out from the way they look?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Qualcomm in Apr 2024
Interview
They asked me a riddle. I was tested on various digital design concepts, some C++, writing SystemVerilog concepts based on simulation output, general verification concepts (no UVM yet). i was also asked about my long term goals and to what extent i understand the company's work.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I can't say exactly but one SystemVerilog question was to implement a finite state machine given a certain output. Review sequence detectors.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Nueva Delhi) in Dec 2024
Interview
This was an on campus interview at IIT Delhi. I gave interview for performance system role. The interviewer was a very senior researcher in computer architecture domain. All the shortlisted students were research students in computer architecture domain. The interviewer had no interest towards the interview. He went out of the interview room very frequently and was pretty restless. The interview questions were only on projects and advanced architecture concepts. The avg interview time was 1hr+ . They did not select a single student for this role and we did not get any feedback from the hiring team. HRs were more interested in wrapping up the process such that they can announce to the media that they have offered XYZ packages.
I did not expect such unprofessional behaviour from Qualcomm