I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Qualcomm
Interview
After initial phone screening, a grueling day with interviews back-to-back followed. Some interviewers were not related to the position and asked questions unrelated to the required background. It would have been better to have fewer but to the point interviews. The focus was completely technical and a very limited view of the company culture and work environment was offered. On the other hand, I could sense very different personalities, which I should have understood not as a strength, but as a sign of a conflicted work environment. Basically, a Californian company which doesn't get Austin.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
The position was not for graphics development and neither is my background, but an interviewer insisted on probing on such algorithms and linear algebra, about which I know about only cursorily and recall only vaguely.
An interviewer whose background was similar to mine asked a question about a feature of an old processor architecture that I never worked on, but, seeing my difficulty, spent the time to explain it to me.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Qualcomm in May 2025
Interview
3 technical rounds first one was to implement BST from scratch but in multiple stages. like those in codesignals without any autocomplete. 2nd round was also related to BST where you need to find rightmost left node. i dont remember third one.
The interviewing was quite smooth but the interview process, where we try to reach out to the HR for future communications was a hassle. I had to reach out for at least 2 weeks before I was presented with the next steps, and apparently the interviewing progress was also not updated. Apart from that I enjoyed meeting the team and discussing mutual goals.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a problem (let's say developing and deploying of ML model), how would you approach to deploying on edge device (like a smartphone)?
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Qualcomm
Interview
Applied online through their website. Was contacted after more than 1 month (reasonable for a company this big).
1) First phone interview with a senior engineer. Everything went smooth, we had a good chat about the position and the roles.
2) Second phone interview with another engineer from a different team. Again everything went smooth.
3) On-site interview. Met the team in Europe and had a nice chat with them. Everyone was friendly.
The overall process was very smooth and very well handed by HR. Overall a very pleasing job interview experience.
All questions were deeply technical and related to my position, no whiteboard coding, quizz, complex (and mostly useless) algorithm questions or other useless stuff like this. I always appreciate a job interview where they try to actively assess your skills, and not how much you remember from your university degree. I hope more and more companies follow this. Thanks Qualcomm.
Received a very good offer, but I did not accept because I had another one which was more on track with my aspirations as an engineer vs researcher.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Cannot disclose questions. Just know your stuff about engineering and security.
