Hardware Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Qualcomm with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Hardware Engineer roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 42 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Qualcomm overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Qualcomm as a Hardware Engineer according to 42 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 31%
Phone interview: 23%
Presentation: 13%
Skills test: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Personality test: 6%
Background check: 4%
Group panel interview: 3%
Drug test: 1%
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Interview
The interview process spanned 4 days with one 1–2 hour session per day. Each round began with a 30-minute discussion on my college projects, followed by deep dives into Computer Architecture (CPU Design, Cache DDesign, etc.). One of the sessions also included a simple whiteboard coding question.
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Question 1
Cache Design (calculating cache bits involves breaking down the CPU address into Tag, Index, and Offset field)
The interviewer was friendly and created a supportive atmosphere. They offered constructive hints when I got stuck, showing they were focused on my thought process, which made for a positive experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked questions on STA,my projects, Verilog case statements
2 rounds were conducted first was for resume and basic os questions were asked according to my project 2nd was resume based.third was hr but it was only 10 minutes and a formality
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
write the pipelined code of my mips processor basically fetch and decode