I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Hyderābād) in Mar 2021
Interview
Interview process was very smooth, clearly articulated the job requirement and took time to understand my current project, the interview lasted for an hour and HR provided feedback the immediate day.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Bengaluru) in Sep 2024
Interview
I had one round of virtual interview. Interview experience was alright. It was a GPU drivers, firmware team and interviewer asked mostly technical questions about the display ecosystem and drivers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. My previous experience and projects.
2. Implement C++ producer-consumer problem. Follow up questions on multithreading.
3. Questions on kernel worker threads.
4. How do you verify and debug display frametime is proper without stutter? Asked about experience on benchmark tools.
5. Variable refresh rate concepts. How do you check current refresh rate?
6. ETW logging. Build tools in windows.
7. Asked whether I contributed to windows kernel or did linux upstreaming.
I joined through campus interview, they have followed below process during our placement, 1. Written test - having sections like reasoning, logical ability & technical questions related to EC 2. Technical round (1 or 2) - for me Mostly from study project & final project, this depends on interviewer 3. HR discussion - General Discussion about the offer & joining dates
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly asked from my project like Handoff procedure, Wifi access technologies, LTE-U & MAC technologies used in different technologies