Engineer's heaven (depending on your tastes) - a good company library, plentiful resources, and small creature comforts. Places for a bit of exercise. Great cafeterias. Hours are not rigid - great for those with long drives who want to avoid peak traffic times.
Another great aspect is Qualcomm is not directly making items for retail sale, but making the technology used by other companies who deal with the final product production and sales. It's like back in the gold rush days - to be a prospector might have been fun but rarely lucrative, but the shovel and tent makers and sellers earned plenty. It's nice to be in that part of the industrial system.
Several buildings spread over a large campus. Nice for a late morning walk, but it takes time to go to a meeting or presentation in another building. They do have shuttles, so not a real problem.
Another thing that might put off engineers who like smaller organizations: it's big! But if you like big, it's great.
A recruiter phone interview was followed by a full day in-office interview with what felt like different groups. This included a lunch interview. Towards the end, I met with HR.
The interview process consisted of a phone round followed by a full-day interview. The phone round was easy and covered the basics. The full-day interview included five rounds, with a deep dive into interrupts and their usage in the kernel, as well
I applied for a software engineer position at Qualcomm in August. I had a phone interview at the end of September. After two weeks, the HR emailed me an invitation for an onsite interview. At the end of October, I went to San Diego for the onsite.
A recruiter phone interview was followed by a full day in-office interview with what felt like different groups. This included a lunch interview. Towards the end, I met with HR.
The interview process consisted of a phone round followed by a full-day interview. The phone round was easy and covered the basics. The full-day interview included five rounds, with a deep dive into interrupts and their usage in the kernel, as well
I applied for a software engineer position at Qualcomm in August. I had a phone interview at the end of September. After two weeks, the HR emailed me an invitation for an onsite interview. At the end of October, I went to San Diego for the onsite.