I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm
Interview
2 phone interviews. One day long on-site interview in San Diego. Everything was organized, not to mentioned everything was paid by Qualcomm. Onsite can be 1:1 or 1:2 or 1:3. or even 1:many
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Question 1
Basics of Digital Communication, C/C++, RF, Probability, Statistics
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Dec 2011
Interview
A phone interview that lasted 45 mins. The interview was on the basics of communication systems/DSP.
I was then called for an onsite interview that lasted an entire day. Over 6 interviews were held and most questions were centered on fundamentals of Signal Processing/Communication with a minor focus on programming. A lot of questions were on my projects
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Question 1
I had a project on MIMO OFDM phase noise compensation. The question was how I could have implemented the same for a CDMA based system
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Jul 2013
Interview
First, I had a phone screen which lasted for an hour. It was basically on the wireless communication concepts like LTE, OFDM, channel access methods, Error correction and detection, fading concepts and digital communication concepts.
Then I was called for an onsite interview which had 7 rounds including HR.
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Question 1
Have to know the basics very well. Digital communication and wireless communication concepts should be well understood.