I applied through university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Oct 2009
Interview
V Slow Interview process
started at campus - 1 round
then onsite after 3 weeks
8 rounds
HR was v rude - and asked me salary questions - when it is obvious that one cant negotiate during an interview
Staff was nice - v knowledgable -
high quality questions like
1) find sturcture address given an element of the structure
2) long discussion on kernel in 3-4 interviews
Paging, segmentation, Priorities, scheduling, Concurrency