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QUALCOMM Interview Questions & Reviews

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ASIC Design Engineer at QUALCOMM

Posted Jul 29, 2012

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Interviewed in Bangalore (India) (Oct 2009 - took 2 days) 1 telephone prelimnary interview 4 rounds of face to face technical interview no hr round all 4 interviews done in single day result announced in 2 days interviews included questions on STA, synthesis, RTL coding and a few aptitude questions each interview was for about an hour each RTL design questions were related to AXI protocol as they were looking for Soc integration position

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using a simple logic gate, convert a SET type flop to a RESET type flop View Answers (1)

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Senior Pilot Engineer new MathWorks Bangalore (India)

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A notice was displayed regarding internships offered at Qualcomm. Application criteria was 1. Minimum 8/10 CGPA 2. No backlogs 3. Only CS, Electronics, or Electrical students may apply They started with a presentation for the eligible candidates, followed by an aptitude test, results of which were declared about 2-3 hours later. Shortlisted candidates were subjected to 1 technical interview and 1 HR interview after which selected candidates were announced. Both interviews lasted for about 30 minutes each.

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Posted Jun 24, 2012

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Interviewed in Hyderbd (India) (May 2011 - took a day) It was about the basics on C and basics. As I am from communications background few questions about the basics of CDMA n GSM n LTE .
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Tell about the basics of LTE? View Answers (1) Tell us about the CDMA call process View Answers (1)

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Engineer at QUALCOMM
Posted Jun 11, 2012

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Interviewed in Bangalore (India) (Jan 2008 - took a day) Telephonic and face to face round involved technical questions only.

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How many objects are in this room(OOAD questions) ? Answer Question

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Interim Engineering Intern at QUALCOMM

Posted Jun 9, 2012

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4.0

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Interviewed in Bangalore (India) (Sep 2011 - took a day) Qualcomm came through Training and Placement section of our institute. It took a test. There were two types Hardware and Software. The test was an online MCQ comprising of 3 sections - Mental Ability, Maths and Electronics (for hardware). The level of the paper was really good. Students who qualified the test moved on to technical interview. The last stage was HR interview.

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Why should we take you and not your friends waiting outside ? View Answers (1)

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Software Engineer at QUALCOMM

Posted Jun 2, 2012

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Interviewed in Hyderbd (India) (Aug 2011 - took a day) We had a online exam which has 3 sections Quant,C skills and Technical section.Quant consists of 20 questions which should be solved in 20 mins.In C Skills section you will be having 15 questions which should be solved in 30 mins.These questions will take too much tym.Every question has atleast 3 FOR loops and atleast 3 variables which are updated in each loop and the question will be to find the value of any of the variable after the execution of all loops.On seeing those questions any one will feel like why the hell i am here but we have to crack them to get into Qualcomm. :) Coming to the technical section you will be given 15 questions which should be answered in 20 mins.These questions mainly test your theoritical knowledge..Qualcomm comes with 3 profiles Software,Communications,Design. As i have written for Software profile i got questions mainly on Operating Systems..ECE its better to learn some more concepts rather than sticking to those which are thaught to you,i think its better to say which in ur syllabus.. PERSONAL INTERVIEW (TECHNICAL) As all interviewers the one who interviewed me is also very cool and friendly.Checked my resume from top to bottom and then said that i have good track record.As i have kept al the projects,interns and workshops i have atteneded and even i have kept the details of the 2 IEEE papers i have..So ppl who have published papers can thoughtlessly keep them in their resume for Qualcomm..I think the interviewer was very much impressed with my resume itself.he asked about my fav subject and i said DS and oops.. 1)So he asked me to tell the algo of finding the kth largest number from the array with N numbers..i said that i will use a max heap and he asked me why only max heap and why not other then i said the advantages of it and he accepted.. 2)He then asked me how will the find the missing number in array having N numbers..I said the obvious answer with N time complexity and said ok. 3)then he asked me about my papers and i explained them. Then i was passed to next round.which is also not that tough..Even this guy checked my resume as his father's will and then asked me to introduce myself and then asked me to 1)Write the code for String reversal 2)Code for reversing 2 nodes in Likned list if a pointer to only the first node among them was given..it seems to be simple but there is a problem in that u dont have the pointer to the node prev to the first node which is required.So i asked whether that pointer is provided or not.As his intention is not to miss it..he thought for some tym and said good question and said you know that pointr and i have written the simple code for reversal and said the algo how to reverse them even if the prev node pntr is not given. After this he asked me about my internship and papers and asked for much more detailed explaination and i did.. Thats all for 2nd round.. PERSONAL INTERVIEW (HR) The interviewer for this round is she..She wished me as i entered the room and introduce herself and the first question is have you done any intern.I said yes and she asked me to tell about myself and about my papers and projects..Even she asked about the extra cults i have mentioned in my resume like my blog,short films etc..and then asked me if i want to know anything about QualComm for which i was waiting and fired few questions...It was 1 in the midnight when my interviews are over..and i am confident enough that i will be selected and waited for the result till 1 30 and yes i was.

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Describe Einstein's Theory of Relativity?Does his famous E=mc^2 get him Nobel prize? Answer Question

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Intern at QUALCOMM
Posted Jun 1, 2012

Received and Accepted Offer

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Interviewed in Hyderbd (India) (Jul 2008 - took a day) All C based questions, special focus on memory related concepts. Function pointers, string manipulation, file system some relevant topics.

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Write a program in C to add two numbers without using any maths operator (+, -, /, *). View Answers (3)

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DSP Modem Staff Engineer at QUALCOMM

Posted May 20, 2012

Interviewed and No Offer

3.0

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Interviewed in Hyderbd (India) (May 2012 - took a day) There were 2 phone interviews with one being with manager about the job details and the second one with a technical person.(mostly basics of your work/signal processing/fixed point). Once you are through with them, you are invited to Hyd for a series of discussion with about 2-3 managers and 2-3 senior technical persons. Interview for me was about OFDM basics/ fixed point implementations/ some GSM-CDMA basics/ designing an interrupt based system.... Unfortunately, I had lost touch with GSM-CDMA and did not get through the interview

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Explain about AMR codecs/ FACCH stealing flag/Timing advance .... Answer Question

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Intern at QUALCOMM
Posted May 3, 2012

Received and Accepted Offer

2.0

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Interviewed in Hyderbd (India) (Jun 2010 - took a day) Interview is Quite simple. They have asked me 2-3 Algorithmic questions and a couple of Operating systems concepts.

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Swapping integers without using additional space View Answers (3)

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Engineer at QUALCOMM
Posted Mar 24, 2012

Received and Accepted Offer

4.0

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Interviewed in Bangalore (India) (Sep 2010 - took a day) QC interview process is a long one. It consists of one Phone IV, and one day of Face to Face interviews consisting of four to six rounds. As its a long process the candidate could possibly get bored in between. three to four rounds of technical interview and some hr and manager interview

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Depends on the team you are interviewed for For software positions domain and c knowledge is required Answer Question

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