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Embedded Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Diego, California

February 1, 2018
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Applied for Embedded Software Engineer - Video Technology online.

Had one phone screen with an engineer from the team.

One day later, received an invitation for four rounds of onsite interviews at the San Diego office.

Questions

The first interviewer asked me questions about C and bit manipulation coding questions.

The second interviewer was pretty nice and also asked bit manipulation coding questions.

The last guy was very unfriendly and seemed like he hadn't prepared any questions. He asked me to write any code in C, so I wrote printf("hello world").

Then he started to ask me questions about designing printf and how it worked, etc. He refused to give me any hints and smirked at me when I had no clue.

At the end of the interview, I asked if he could tell me the answer to a question he had asked me before. He refused, saying, "You can think about it on your way home...." ??

I got a nice offer from another company. I am so glad I don't have to work with this guy.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 29 interview experiences for the Qualcomm Embedded Software Engineer role in San Diego, California.

Success Rate

17%
Pass Rate

Qualcomm's interview process for their Embedded Software Engineer roles in San Diego, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive48%
Neutral28%
Negative24%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Qualcomm's Embedded Software Engineer interview process in San Diego, California.

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