The hiring process at Qualcomm takes an average of 80 days when considering 7 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Internship had the quickest hiring process (on average 14 days), whereas Software Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 210 days).
you get a 1 hour phone interview first. if you pass you will be invited for the onsite job interview which is 8 hours with 8 different people. everyone should say "yes" for you to be approved. the questions can be very hard or simple, you have to be prepared for it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Yes you can have unpredictable questions. But they usually made sense for my position and I could answer all of them :D
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Dec 2012
Interview
Intitial review interview, and then a telephonoic technical interview.
After that I was flown to SanDiego for 8 1 hour interviews in one day which was exhaustive, and it wasnt really nice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was interviewed on Embedded systems for an hour inspite of not having that background.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Qualcomm in Oct 2013
Interview
One phone interview:
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