I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Bengaluru) in Feb 2024
Interview
3 rounds, 2 coding 1 design. prepare c language concepts, os concepts and bit manipulation if u are preparing for embedded.
Interviews mostly happens in less than a week. Prepare well.
First, one screening interview. After, a panel of 4 interviews with a break of 30 minutes at the midpoint. Hiring decision was made after the panel, but due to hiring freezes the contract was not signed until a two months after.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic C++ data structure and algorithm questions.
A lot of questions about pointers and bitwise operations.
Hardest question was implementing a custom allocator.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (Markham, ON) in Apr 2022
Interview
Before the onsite interview, there was a written assessment on OS concepts and 1 C++ design question; 2 Online Interviews; Interrupts, How to test (unit test, integration test, regression test etc).