Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Diego, California
January 1, 2013
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
Straightforward C programming questions from all the interviews.
Code and pseudocode were fine.
One of the interviews was a lunch interview, where most questions did not involve coding.
Questions
Program to print all integers that have 6 in a given range: 0 to 100.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 130 interview experiences for the Qualcomm Software Engineer role in San Diego, California.
Success Rate
33%
Pass Rate
Qualcomm's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Diego, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive58%
Neutral27%
Negative15%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Qualcomm's Software Engineer interview process in San Diego, California.
Qualcomm Work Experiences
4.0
Good Balance, Poor Growth
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Diego, California, United States
October 8, 2023
Pros: Work-life balance, good managers.
Cons: Long hours, poor leadership, and limited career growth opportunities.
3.0
A Good Place to Start Your Career
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Diego, California, United States
July 27, 2014
Pros: The review is with respect to QCT.
* Colleagues are friendly.
* Has reviews twice a year.
* Management is not informed if you are trying to switch internally until you get an offer.
* Better Work/Life Balance.
* Exposure to bring-up.
Cons: - Not much challenging work.
- Attitude of finger-pointing to other teams while resolving borderline issues.
- Political in nature. Promotions are given more to favorites rather than on merit. This largely affected the morale of the team I was in and oversaw the departure of great talent, both internally and externally.
- Not enough ownership is handed to engineers.
- Lots of redundant teams doing the same work.
4.0
Good place to work
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Diego, California, United States
October 16, 2023
Pros: Awesome opportunity to gain knowledge and learn in a friendly environment.
Cons: I didn't experience any cons.
- 4.0Good Balance, Poor GrowthSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesOctober 8, 2023Pros: Work-life balance, good managers.Cons: Long hours, poor leadership, and limited career growth opportunities.
- 3.0A Good Place to Start Your CareerSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesJuly 27, 2014Pros: The review is with respect to QCT. * Colleagues are friendly. * Has reviews twice a year. * Management is not informed if you are trying to switch internally until you get an offer. * Better Work/Life Balance. * Exposure to bring-up.Cons: - Not much challenging work. - Attitude of finger-pointing to other teams while resolving borderline issues. - Political in nature. Promotions are given more to favorites rather than on merit. This largely affected the morale of the team I was in and oversaw the departure of great talent, both internally and externally. - Not enough ownership is handed to engineers. - Lots of redundant teams doing the same work.
- 4.0Good place to workSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesOctober 16, 2023Pros: Awesome opportunity to gain knowledge and learn in a friendly environment.Cons: I didn't experience any cons.
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