Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Diego, California
March 1, 2012
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
2 Phone interviews
Questions
What classes and object properties would you define for a game of car race?
How would you distinguish if the system is big endian or little endian?
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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
2.0
Good Balance, Low Pay
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Diego, California, United States
March 4, 2024
Pros: Work-life balance is good.
Cons: Compensation is not competitive in general.
3.0
Interesting Work, Low Salary
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Diego, California, United States
May 25, 2022
Pros: The work is very interesting.
Cons: Salary is low for the area.
3.0
Great company for anything hardware/chip related, not so great for anything else
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Diego, California, United States
November 3, 2014
Pros: If you love to write low-level commercial code that will go into Qualcomm's chips, thereby impacting their bottom line, Qualcomm is a great company to work for. The benefits are top-of-the-line, and there is good work-life balance.
Cons: Not much focus on areas other than those that impact their chipset bottom line. Low contributions to the open source community compared to other big companies. As far as research is concerned, in any area other than wireless, more emphasis is laid on short-term gain rather than long-term impact.
- 2.0Good Balance, Low PaySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesMarch 4, 2024Pros: Work-life balance is good.Cons: Compensation is not competitive in general.
- 3.0Interesting Work, Low SalarySoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesMay 25, 2022Pros: The work is very interesting.Cons: Salary is low for the area.
- 3.0Great company for anything hardware/chip related, not so great for anything elseSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Diego, California, United StatesNovember 3, 2014Pros: If you love to write low-level commercial code that will go into Qualcomm's chips, thereby impacting their bottom line, Qualcomm is a great company to work for. The benefits are top-of-the-line, and there is good work-life balance.Cons: Not much focus on areas other than those that impact their chipset bottom line. Low contributions to the open source community compared to other big companies. As far as research is concerned, in any area other than wireless, more emphasis is laid on short-term gain rather than long-term impact.
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