I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Kānpur, Uttar Pradesh) in Sep 2016
Interview
I applied from our college IIT Kanpur. Test was followed by PPT and Interviews.
Shortlist from Resumes(CPA>6.5), Technical Test(Basic C,Analog,Digital), Aptitude Test(Normal), Technical Interview, HR Interview
The Technical Test was relatively tough than compared to questions asked in the Interview.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Hod HaSharon) in May 2026
Interview
3-Stages,i only did the first one. they asked about grades,project i did, and asked my to explain and draw the design for my final project. after that, ive been asked a few questions.
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)