Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Diego, California
Process
One phone interview.
Two weeks later, an invitation for an onsite interview was received. This interview, scheduled for two weeks after that, was for the entire QCT SW department to consider candidates for approximately 80 open positions.
The onsite interview included HR and six engineers, one of whom was a director.
Questions
The questions were all pretty easy. A few of them asked the same question:
Write C code to compute the Fibonacci series.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 22 interview experiences for the Qualcomm Senior Software Engineer role in San Diego, California.
Success Rate
Qualcomm's interview process for their Senior Software 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 Senior Software Engineer interview process in San Diego, California.
Qualcomm Work Experiences
- 4.0Great workplace. Lucky that this was my first jobSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesJuly 24, 2012Pros: Good workplace. Challenging projects. Good city.Cons: Promotions are timebound, and reviews are generalized within a team.
- 3.0Smart Team, Boring WorkSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesSeptember 28, 2016Pros: Smart coworkers who are all elites from top schools, a lot of talent, and very helpful to others. Good salary.Cons: Boring work, bad management, harsh deadlines, poor health insurance, a lot of workload and pressure, no mentorship, and different departments not cooperating very well.
- 1.0Lots of politics, bad managementSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesOctober 25, 2018Pros: - Nice campus. - Some people are nice (emphasis on the word "some").Cons: - Extremely top-heavy - Useless management - Very political - No transparency - Promotions not based on merit - No vision - No career growth
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