Embedded Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Qualcomm with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 43% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Embedded Software Engineer roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 93 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 Embedded Software Engineer according to 93 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 45%
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 12%
Presentation: 7%
Group panel interview: 6%
Background check: 3%
Personality test: 3%
Drug test: 1%
Other: 1%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Jan 2026
Interview
not bad a lot of conceptual questions and focusing on things in my resume. Less care for any behavioral questions. Was asked to write code on the notes app in my second interview
I had 1 screening round with 4 onsite rounds . All the rounds focuses on basic C concepts and additional concepts specific to role. Prepare behavioural questions related to your past work experience
Applied online. Recruiter reached out to schedule 2 technical interviews , 1 was about C/C++ coding , as well as fundamental coding / memory concepts. And another was a deep dive about items on my resume focusing on both technical and other aspects. Thought they went good but didn’t get the offer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Going through code snippets and finding issues/ changing code