Data Protocol Stack Development Engineer Interview Experience - San Diego, California
February 1, 2013
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Phone Interview
- Stack
- Heap
- Memory Leak vs Memory Corruption
- Struct vs Union
- TCP Congestion Control
- AIMD
- Mutex
- Semaphore
- Deadlock
- IPC
On-Site Interview
- Function Pointers
- Deadlock
- Semaphore
- Interrupts
- IPC
- RPC Details
- Changing/Determining Byte Order
- Networking
- NAT
- Questions on Resume
- Determining whether a Loop in a Linked List Exists
Questions
Deadlock question about two threads.
Where exactly can things go wrong?
He gave me a hint about a thread getting rescheduled, and then I could infer some problem.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Qualcomm Data Protocol Stack Development Engineer role in San Diego, California.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Qualcomm's interview process for their Data Protocol Stack Development Engineer roles in San Diego, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive100%
Neutral0%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Qualcomm's Data Protocol Stack Development Engineer interview process in San Diego, California.
Qualcomm Work Experiences
4.0
Great Work-Life Balance
Audio Engineer • Current Employee
San Diego, California, United States
March 23, 2021
Pros: They care a lot about their employees. Lifestyle seems to be integrated into the company.
Cons: Workload can shrink or grow immensely within days.
Long hours are expected for higher positions.
4.0
A great place to work
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Diego, California, United States
October 28, 2014
Pros: Great benefits & great salaries.
Cons: Need to work till late nights and over the weekends.
4.0
Good working environment
Senior Engineer • Current Employee
San Diego, California, United States
October 22, 2020
Pros: Teamwork across all departments.
Cons: Not too many high-tech companies in San Diego.
- 4.0Great Work-Life BalanceAudio Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesMarch 23, 2021Pros: They care a lot about their employees. Lifestyle seems to be integrated into the company.Cons: Workload can shrink or grow immensely within days. Long hours are expected for higher positions.
- 4.0A great place to workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesOctober 28, 2014Pros: Great benefits & great salaries.Cons: Need to work till late nights and over the weekends.
- 4.0Good working environmentSenior Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesOctober 22, 2020Pros: Teamwork across all departments.Cons: Not too many high-tech companies in San Diego.
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