Hardware Test Engineer Interview Experience - San Diego, California
Process
I had a 1:1 telephonic interview for the Corporate Testing group. Desired skills included digital circuits, C, C++, RF, communications, and testing.
I was interviewed on all the mentioned areas. I was asked quite a lot of questions, with around 4-5 for every aspect.
The interview lasted around 1 hour 10 minutes. Questions covered different scenarios of testing, RF measurement instruments, and C coding.
Questions
How would you test RAM?
Converting a NAND gate into a NOT gate, how would you test a buffer using an oscilloscope and other devices?
C function to detect an odd number, detect if a number is odd, calculate characters in a string.
Difference between CDMA and GSM. What is MIMO and its advantages?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Qualcomm Hardware Test Engineer role in San Diego, California.
Success Rate
Qualcomm's interview process for their Hardware Test Engineer roles in San Diego, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Qualcomm's Hardware Test Engineer interview process in San Diego, California.
Qualcomm Work Experiences
- 3.0Stable Company, Stressful WorkStaff Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesApril 5, 2012Pros: Stability of the company, stock price.Cons: stressful, hard work, haphazard, low-ball offers
- 5.0Great Benefits, Never BoredHardware Applications Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesSeptember 18, 2014Pros: Get to explore a lot of things. Best health insurance. Lot of intangible perks and benefits. Working as a HW applications engineer in the Customer Engineering group, there is a good balance between work and life.Cons: There's a lot of work to do. You will never have no work to do. I thoroughly enjoy the company.
- 2.0Low Pay, Toxic CultureSr. Hardware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesOctober 29, 2023Pros: Nothing compared to similar companies around.Cons: Bad work-life balance. Less pay compared to similar companies. Toxic work culture.
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