I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Jan 2012
Interview
I was interning in the summer. Had 6 interviews on my last day. They try to hit all areas of ASIC design flow. Data structures and basic algorithms nothing too complicated.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Draw a FSM for a particular recognizing a particular sequence.
2. Computer Architecture - Caches, Coherency protocols (moesi mosi etc). Pipelining pro and cons.
3. Basic C questions - memcpy,linked list etc.
4. Timing violations and how to fix them.
It was on campus hiring. It consists of an online assessment and resume screening, followed by 3 rounds of interviews, out of which 2 were technical and 1 was HR.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Hsinchu)
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.
Interview questions [1]
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
