Qualcomm

Embedded Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

October 11, 2024

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview process was very systematic, with the interviewer diving directly into technical questions.

There was little interest in discussing my previous experiences, making the session focused on technical skills rather than overall background or context.

Questions

Questions based on C++, Git, and a medium LeetCode C++ question.

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 75 interview experiences for the Qualcomm Embedded Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

Pass Rate

Qualcomm's interview process for their Embedded Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive41%

Neutral44%

Negative15%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Qualcomm's Embedded Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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