I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA)
Interview
One Morning Quallcomm HR emailed stating they have a internship requirement for Spring 2013. Then scheduled 2 back to back phone interviews. Each of the phone interviews were 1 hour each. Both the interviewers asked a lot about resume, memory management in C, dynamic allocation, static keyword. Bits and Bytes.
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Conversion from String to Integer, Fibonacci Series, No of bits set in a number., How to find if a number is power of 2, 4 ,8...
I applied through university. I interviewed at Qualcomm (New Delhi) in May 2026
Interview
There was one group discussion round and one interview round initially, but the final selected candidates had to go through two interview rounds. The interviews were of medium difficulty, while the group discussion round was relatively easy overall.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
GD was on whether AI is helpful or harmful for the learning process
Interview started with LC1155, Frog Jump and questions based on resume + genai
Not bad, easy and medium leetcode questions. Answered correctly but didn't get moved forward still. Behavioral questions about resume as well. Two total interviews both had technical and behavioral sections
I applied through university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Allahabad) in May 2025
Interview
The role was for Electronics Engineer Core. The questions were basic but very conceptual and required very clear understanding about subjects like digital electronics and EMI. There were also questions about basic working of MOSFETs and other FETs.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked to make a NAND gate using n-type MOSFETs, there were other questions related to JK Flip flops from digital electronics.