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Embedded Software Engineer (internship) Interview Experience - Chicago, Illinois

January 6, 2026

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online. The process took 2 weeks.

I did an online technical assessment. It had two coding questions and 5 multiple-choice questions. It had a 75-minute time allocation. It was the first step of the interview process and they gave me 1 week to complete it.

Questions

It had two coding questions and 5 multiple choice questions.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Qualcomm Embedded Software Engineer (internship) role in Chicago, Illinois.

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Pass Rate

Qualcomm's interview process for their Embedded Software Engineer (internship) roles in Chicago, Illinois is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Qualcomm's Embedded Software Engineer (internship) interview process in Chicago, Illinois.

Qualcomm Work Experiences

5.0

Fun Activities, Project Limits

Embedded Software Engineer (internship) • Current Employee

San Diego, California, United States

April 6, 2023

Pros: Work-life balance is good. Provide fun intern activities!

Cons: Couldn’t choose my intern project.

5.0

Fun Activities, Project Limits

Embedded Software Engineer (internship) • Current Employee

San Diego, California, United States

April 6, 2023

Pros: Work-life balance is good. Provide fun intern activities!

Cons: Couldn’t choose my intern project.

3.0

Hard Work, Tough Competition

Senior Engineer • Current Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

April 15, 2025

Pros: All work 18 hours a day to get their task done at the earliest and be ready for the next assignment.

Cons: Too much competition internally so...

3.0

Hard Work, Tough Competition

Senior Engineer • Current Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

April 15, 2025

Pros: All work 18 hours a day to get their task done at the earliest and be ready for the next assignment.

Cons: Too much competition internally so...

2.0

Good as an organization for money, brand, and benefit, with growth of the organization

Staff Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

February 11, 2022

Pros: Great place for: * Embedded skills * C/C++ * Love of chips, microprocessors * DSP Organizations offer good monetary benefits. Only join if you are in a 15-hour work mode per day.

Cons: - Short-sighted managers who are totally looking for small work. - Hiring for the wrong skill-work mapping. - Then employees have to change their entire profile to stay for the long term. - Too tight timelines. - No upskilling encouraged.

2.0

Good as an organization for money, brand, and benefit, with growth of the organization

Staff Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

February 11, 2022

Pros: Great place for: * Embedded skills * C/C++ * Love of chips, microprocessors * DSP Organizations offer good monetary benefits. Only join if you are in a 15-hour work mode per day.

5.0

Fun Activities, Project Limits

Embedded Software Engineer (internship) • Current Employee

San Diego, California, United States

April 6, 2023

Pros: Work-life balance is good. Provide fun intern activities!

Cons: Couldn’t choose my intern project.

5.0
Fun Activities, Project Limits
Embedded Software Engineer (internship) • Current Employee
San Diego, California, United States
April 6, 2023
Pros: Work-life balance is good. Provide fun intern activities!
Cons: Couldn’t choose my intern project.

3.0

Hard Work, Tough Competition

Senior Engineer • Current Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

April 15, 2025

Pros: All work 18 hours a day to get their task done at the earliest and be ready for the next assignment.

Cons: Too much competition internally so...

3.0
Hard Work, Tough Competition
Senior Engineer • Current Employee
Hyderābād, Telangana, India
April 15, 2025
Pros: All work 18 hours a day to get their task done at the earliest and be ready for the next assignment.
Cons: Too much competition internally so...

2.0

Good as an organization for money, brand, and benefit, with growth of the organization

Staff Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

February 11, 2022

Pros: Great place for: * Embedded skills * C/C++ * Love of chips, microprocessors * DSP Organizations offer good monetary benefits. Only join if you are in a 15-hour work mode per day.

2.0
Good as an organization for money, brand, and benefit, with growth of the organization
Staff Engineer • Current Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
February 11, 2022
Pros: Great place for: * Embedded skills * C/C++ * Love of chips, microprocessors * DSP Organizations offer good monetary benefits. Only join if you are in a 15-hour work mode per day.
Cons: - Short-sighted managers who are totally looking for small work. - Hiring for the wrong skill-work mapping. - Then employees have to change their entire profile to stay for the long term. - Too tight timelines. - No upskilling encouraged.

Qualcomm Interview Questions

String Compression III

Medium

You are given a string and a budget for removing characters. Your goal is to compress the string as much as possible after removing at most k characters. Find the length of the shortest possible compressed string.

Strings

Maximum Number of Ones

Hard

You are given dimensions of a grid and constraints on the number of cells you can select and the maximum side length of a selected square. Find the maximum number of ones you can cover by selecting squares within the grid.

Greedy Algorithms

Reverse Linked List

Easy

You are given the head of a singly linked list. Reverse the list and return the new head.

Linked ListsRecursion