Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Diego, California
July 1, 2011
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
I applied online and received a call from HR within five days. A phone interview was then scheduled within a week, and after clearing it, an onsite interview was scheduled three weeks later.
Phone Interview Questions:
- Briefly introduce your resume.
- Explain your thesis project.
- Discuss basic OS concepts like concurrency and IPC.
Onsite Interview:
- Work experience projects.
- Basic C and C++: strings, virtual functions.
- Bit manipulation.
- OS concepts.
- Power-related embedded concepts.
The people were understandable and encouraging.
Questions
The questions were described above.
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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
3.0
Good Pay, Poor Work-life Balance
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Diego, California, United States
July 2, 2021
Pros: Great benefits and compensation.
Frequent bonus opportunities.
Cons: Work-life balance is way off.
4.0
Good Pay, Little Sleep
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Diego, California, United States
October 11, 2024
Pros: Good salary and work environment
Cons: Busy and not enough sleep.
5.0
Latest Tech, Slow Rollover
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Diego, California, United States
October 20, 2012
Pros: Get to work on the latest technologies and design state-of-the-art technologies.
Cons: The time to roll over is something that the Management needs to work upon.
- 3.0Good Pay, Poor Work-life BalanceSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesJuly 2, 2021Pros: Great benefits and compensation. Frequent bonus opportunities.Cons: Work-life balance is way off.
- 4.0Good Pay, Little SleepSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesOctober 11, 2024Pros: Good salary and work environmentCons: Busy and not enough sleep.
- 5.0Latest Tech, Slow RolloverSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesOctober 20, 2012Pros: Get to work on the latest technologies and design state-of-the-art technologies.Cons: The time to roll over is something that the Management needs to work upon.
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