I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Bengaluru) in Nov 2023
Interview
First, I got a phone call from a HR person for scheduling a video interview with the hiring manager.
The interview with the hiring manager was for 45 minutes. He seemed very interested in hiring me and verbally confirmed that they would do the main interview next week. He gave me the date and time of interview also. But after the interview, I never got any link for the interview and got no reply to my email. They completely ghosted me and I am highly disappointed with this unprofessional behavior.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
He asked me to explain the projects in my resume in detail.
He asked me why I want to join industry given that I have a PhD.
He explained about the job and the interview process.
Good. Technical details were discussed clearly, together with my past projects and relevant domain knowledge. The interview was well structured and focused, with questions that allowed me to present my experience, technical background, and problem-solving approach in a coherent way.
Posso dizer que num geral positiva, processo rápido, em uma semana foi realizado. Perguntas de nível médio, bem técnicas mesmo e assertivas. Entrevistadores simpáticos, duração longa de entrevista, mas foram ok.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Chennai) in Mar 2026
Interview
There are 4 interview rounds.
1st 3 are technical, and the final one is a managerial round
All technical rounds focus on pointers, threads, semaphores, mutexes, memory management, and debugging/output questions. DSA is must.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Cache mechanism, if the cache is full, then what will happen
Dangling pointer
Bitwise OR, AND, and XOR
producer consumer