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Systems Test Engineer Interview Experience - Boulder, Colorado

June 1, 2011
Negative ExperienceGot Offer

Process

Two rounds of phone interview.

Questions

Phone Interview 1:

  • Discuss your resume.
  • Define and explain TDMA and CDMA.
  • How to print numbers from 1 to 20 that are divisible by 5 (any programming language)?
  • As the position is for a Test Engineer, the interviewer provided a mobile base station situation and asked about test cases and a general idea of digital communication designs.

Phone Interview 2:

  • Questions related to your thesis.

C Questions:

  • How to declare an unknown data type in C?
  • Difference between switch and if-else statements.
  • What char is declared for a pointer?
  • Pass by value and pass by reference.
  • Debug small code.

Processor Questions:

  • If there is a low-end microprocessor with 20 pins, how and what pins would you assign? What is the importance of each pin (such as input, output, and memory)?

  • Memory handling inside the processor.

  • Intuitive question on test criteria based on a mobile base station situation.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Qualcomm Systems Test Engineer role in Boulder, Colorado.

Success Rate

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Pass Rate

Qualcomm's interview process for their Systems Test Engineer roles in Boulder, Colorado is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

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Negative50%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Qualcomm's Systems Test Engineer interview process in Boulder, Colorado.

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