Qualcomm interview experience Real time questions & tips from candidates to crack your interview
Senior engineer
Qualcomm
5 rounds | 5 Coding
problems
Selected Interview preparation journey
Preparation
Duration: 1 Month
Topics: Computer architecture, digital vlsi design, OOPS, C
Tip 1 : Be very thorough regarding the projects you have done in your college and previous job.
Tip 2 : Be as honest as you can while answering the questions. Nobody expects you to know everything under the sun.
Tip 3 : Having good problem solving skills (puzzles, mathematics etc.) is always a plus.
Application process
Where: Linkedin
Eligibility: No criteria
Tip 1 : Highlight the keywords which are required by the job role you have applying for.
Tip 2 : Keep it brief and clear.
Interview rounds
01
Round
Hard
Video Call
Duration50 Minutes
Interview date1 Sep 2021
Coding problem1
1. Number of Ones
Easy
15m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
You have been given an integer ‘NUM’. Your task is to find the number of bits which are ‘1’ in the binary representation of ‘NUM’.
Example:
Given ‘NUM = 9’
Binary representation of ‘9 = 1001’, so there are 2 times 1's present.
Print ‘2’ as the answer.
02
Round
Easy
Video Call
Duration50 Minutes
Interview date1 Sep 2021
Coding problem1
Computer architecture was asked in this one.
1. Technical Questions
Advantages of pipelining and parallelism were asked. Some numerical questions were also asked.
Problem approach
Tip 1 : Read computer architecture (btech level)
03
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration50 Minutes
Interview date1 Sep 2021
Coding problem1
Computer vision was asked
1. Technical Questions
Topics like image filtering, CLAHE algorithms were asked.
04
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration50 minutes
Interview date1 Sep 2021
Coding problem1
Puzzles were asked
1. Puzzle
There are 3 ants siting on the vertices of a triangle. They all start moving in random directions. What is the probability that they will meet.
Problem approach
Tip 1 : Class 12th probability.
05
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration30 Minutes
Interview date1 Sep 2021
Coding problem1
HR
1. Basic HR Questions
Not many problems were asked. Your communication and attitude was being judged.
What are your hobbies?
How do you keep yourself motivated?
Problem approach
Tip 1 : Be very honest about yourself.
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Solving this problem will increase your chance to get selected in this company
Skill covered: Programming
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