I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Raleigh, NC) in Jan 2014
Interview
Phone interview, then invited to come on-site. Had to fly from California for the interview and take two days off from work. Interview consisted of a surprise panel. I was not told the details beforehand of who I was meeting so, when I got there, I was surprised by a panel of 5 people. I did really well in spite of being blindsided like that. Everyone was nice and I answered all the questions and conducted myself well (I'm comfortable talking to a group). Next, they sent in another panel to grill me on coding, problem solving, OVM, and other technical validation/verification questions. I answer all of them and when it is over, the hiring manager asks to speak with me one on one. I think he's going to ask about salary requirements, however he asks me how much RTL debug experience I have. I tell him openly that I debug at the interface level, where components connect to a fabric for instance.
Later that day I get an email saying they were looking for someone with more design and RTL debug experience. I was confused since I never claimed to have that specific expertise and was very open about that. They could have asked me over the phone and saved a lot of time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you verify connectivity of an interface to memory with 6 bits of address and 6 bits of data? Show me a program that will write, read, and verify the connectivity.
Had an online call with the hiring manager. 1 hour technical interview, goes like this; my technical past first, then some technical questions, then some questions I had. There can be more rounds. Overall positive experience, kind and professional.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
uvm tb structure, missing code completion, pointing to errors. factory overwrites etc.
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Hod HaSharon) in Nov 2025
Interview
The interview process took place over a single day and included four consecutive interviews. Two interviews were conducted with two interviewers and lasted one hour each. Two additional interviews lasted thirty minutes each and were held with more senior team members.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked to analyze FIFO in depth, including detailed discussion of its internal behavior and edge cases.
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Hod HaSharon) in Oct 2025
Interview
4 difficult interviews, each one take a hour / half
from 7 interviewsers
i think that it was very difficult
they ask me about my last project
and then give me verification problems
and algorithm problems and also bit's problems
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Sort a 3-element array using only the min(a,b), max(a,b) functions
Do not use the element you created, only the elements of the original array as parameters
