Qualcomm

Embedded Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Diego, California

February 1, 2025

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

30-minute phone interview.

Questions about previous role and work experience, and discussion about the specified role and expectations.

Asked questions about:

Virtual memory
Memory management unit
Network protocol stack (TCP vs. UDP)

Questions

Asked questions about:

Virtual memory
Memory management unit
Network protocol stack: TCP vs. UDP.

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 25 interview experiences for the Qualcomm Embedded Software Engineer role in San Diego, California.

Success Rate

20%

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%

Neutral24%

Negative28%

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

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 Lists