I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Qualcomm in Jun 2022
Interview
Two rounds of interview, medium level DSA and python concepts of numpy, pandas etc. String manipulation and dataframes related questions. Fast processing of interviews. Sql based questions were also asked.
Qualcomm (Hyderabad) HR contacted through Naukri website. The process took 1 week.
For me, there was total Interview Round : 2
1) Technical & Coding (2:30 Hours)
2) Technical + Managerial (1 Hour)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
# 1st Round - 1:30 Hour
*Operating System*
1. Deadlock in OS
2. Semaphores explain, features
3. Mutex vs Semaphore
4. Explain Kernel functions in OS
5. How many types of signals are in OS, signal Handling
6. Diff b/w process and thread
*Concepts in C programming*
7. Compilation stages in C
8. Storage classes in C
*OOPs concepts*
9. Explain OOPs with example(class, object, Polymorphism, Encapsulation, Inheritance
Data Abstraction)
10. Explain briefly about Encapsulation and Abstraction
*Python Coding Round*
11. Sum of two numbers using memorising function in python
12. Toggle nth bit of a number
13. Break a list into chunks of Nth size
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# 2nd Round - 1 Hour
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*Python Coding Round*
14. Shift last two elements to first position in list python. *Example : input = [1, 2, - 6, 8] output = [-6, 8, 1, 2]*
15. Time complexity explain
16. Remove all special characters, space, use lower / upper case and check palindrome of a given string. *Example : string = "Was it a Car or a cat I saw ?"*
17. Merge two sorted linked lists in python [DSA]
# 3nd Round - 1 Hour [Technical + Managerial]
18. Explain project
*Python Coding Round*
19. Read your resume file and search for a particular pattern and tell how many times, print complete lines containing.
*Operating System*
20. Explain Interrupt in OS with example