I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Hyderabad) in Dec 2016
Interview
The interviewer was Very Quick because a large number of students were shortlisted. He did not pay much attention to my projects. He asked communications questions just because I am ECE even though I applied for software profile.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Hyderabad) in Jun 2012
Interview
3 rounds, focusing the network, communication and protocols
Powersave, protocol specifications for mobile wifi device
Security in wifi, Perl program to reverse the string TCP/IP protocol stack Why Qualcomm ?
Explain admission control, listen interval, TIM and DTIM
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain Powersave, protocol for mobile wifi device and WiFi featuers, WPS, WMM, AC
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Oct 2012
Interview
As long as you have relevant experience in C/C++ and/or telecom domain, you should get a call. There is usually 1-2 telephonic interview rounds, followed by an onsite interview, where you can expect anywhere from 5-7 rounds of face-to-face interviews.
In the telephonic round, they go over your resume and ask the projects you have done based on your resume. This should not be too hard. They may also ask some personality based questions, like how would you respond to a particular situation etc.
In the onsite interview, they take all candidates to a HR building, where you'll be briefed about the entire interview process by a HR person. And then they would take you in a cab to the interviewer's office. There they'll ask you to answer technical questions on a white board. There might also be a
Then, if all is well, you'll get a call from the HR informing you about the good news!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most of the questions were based on C++ (function pointers, void pointers, pointer specific errors, memory management, socket programming, TCP/IP, socket programming, bitwise operators etc.)