I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm in Jul 2019
Interview
At the beginning a technical interview has been done, followed by an interview with the HR. The first one by skype, the second one by phone. They started from the content of the resume by asking questions on almost everything I wrote in. I don't remember all the questions but I try to write someone
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
· Talk me about your bachelor’s degree thesis
· Synopsys:
- why did you use it?
- How did you implement your project inside?
- Which were the constraints you used? How do you know that your freq., power and area are right?
· Assembly:
- where did you use it?
- How many stages does MIPS have?
· C language:
- They made me see two different codes: one was the passing by reference and by value to a function; one was a code related to a reverse of a string. I had to comment them.
- How is the memory of a computer structured and where the different types of variable are saved?
- Stack memry is FIFO OR LIFO?
· Analog:
- He made me see an R-C circuit and asked me how I would have implemented that circuit in spice. He asked me the syntax of that and how many types of simulation spice is able to do.
· Digital:
- If I have two different clock domains, How Can I synchronize them?
- How does the synchronizer work?
- How many types of synchronizer exists?
- If the setup time of a D-FF is 6 ns and its propagation delay is 10 ns, what is the max freq. to sample in the circuit?
- Draw a NOR and NAND in C-MOS logic.
- If you have only 1 D-flip flop, how can you build a clock 2 divider?
· Linux commands:
- grep, find, chmod, types of permissions. How do you change permission of a file? And what about a whole directory?
- What are regular expression?
· Processor architectures:
- How many types of process architecture I know? RISC and CISC.
- Which is better for me and why?
I applied online. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Ireland, IN) in Sep 2025
Interview
One interview with ML Related questions and training related questions (overfitting etc).
The person was very nice and understanding, and it looked very professional.
I was also asked about my projects and many details about how it went.
There were 3 rounds of interview. There were 2 technical rounds and 1 HR round. This is apart from the online assessment conducted as screening. It was an on campus opportunity in our college.
Straightforward interview and a cordial interviewer. The interview was conducted remotely over Zoom with one interviewer. The technical and typical interview questions were straightforward, and follow up by email was quick.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical question regarding how to recognize randomness in a signal.