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SWE Intern Interview Experience - San Diego, California

February 18, 2026
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 days.

2 Interview Rounds. Got a link to schedule both interviews. You could schedule it in any order.

    1. Engineering Manager
    1. Technical Staff (PS: why is there a minimum limit to this text box)

Questions

Round 1 - Resume-based questions, asked me to explain two of my projects, and had some easy follow-up questions, and finally we discussed the project I will be working on as an intern.

Round 2 (Technical) - Very similar to round 1, was asked about one of my experiences, and then was asked OS-related questions:

  • User space vs Kernel Space
  • IPC
  • Virtual Memory
  • Page tables
  • Hypervisor

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the Qualcomm SWE Intern role in San Diego, California.

Success Rate

50%
Pass Rate

Qualcomm's interview process for their SWE Intern roles in San Diego, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive75%
Neutral0%
Negative25%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Qualcomm's SWE Intern interview process in San Diego, California.

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