I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Qualcomm in Jan 2010
Interview
Initial phone conference was simple and focus was on providing me with information about the position and about the company. A few softball questions were asked, including "Why Qualcomm?" The 1:1 interview was first, with the hiring manager, and included some substantive questions. The panel interview was with my prospective team. People were friendly and emphasis was placed on the relaxed, casual work environment.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What past experience was a personal failure for you?
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Dec 2009
Interview
Interviewed over the phone by an HR rep and a Staff Engineer.... The HR reps questions were pretty easy and the Staff Engineer who was also a manager asked more about my current work and basic C/C++ questions.... regarding inheritance and semaphores....wasn't that difficult...
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm in Aug 2009
Interview
initial phone screen and then onsite....onsite was a pleasant experience...3 rounds of interviews..with various coding and networking/os questions..was fairly ok..
be sure to get your networking and os fundamentals right ..and also c, c++ language features, data structures.
it's a grt company to work for...esp after being recently in the limelight with snapdragon processor..