I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Mar 2025
Interview
First I got scheduled a screening call- technical(45mins). Then after clearing it I got a mail to schedule all the 5 Rounds of interview + HR call.
It was good and got an experience how to handle it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain ASIC Design Flow?
Explain about Placement congestion and how to reduce it?
Write a TCL script for searching a slack value which is violated in a report and write those values in another file?
Baiscs of PD, STA, Timing. The initial interview screening had questions on physical design fundamentals, EMIR flows, PD commands, synthesis reports, approach to FP different timing scenarios and their solutions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
STA Timinf related questions, how to fix setup/Hold, OCV
