I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm in Aug 2010
Interview
I had a phone interview where I was asked detailed questions on System Verilog. The interviewer did not waste any time on HR questions or going over my resume. I was then called for an on-site. It consisted of six 1:1 interviews. First - full resume, second - System Verilog coding, third - project description on system verilog, fourth - how to verify the functions of a vending machine, fifth - digital logic questions, sixth - verilog and fsm questions. Did not get the job.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm in Jan 2010
Interview
I had interviews over the phone before I started my internship. 3 people interviewed me and mostly they asked me about circuit desing concepts, but the questions were mostly about the basics. Each one took about 45 min to 1 hour. The people who interviewed me were mostly from TX and EM groups.
People should expect questions from LNA design summary, signal generation circuits/oscillators, oscillator phase nosie, mixers, maybe some PLL, and similar stuff related to RX systems. Also, some RX system level signal/noise questions can be asked.