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Updated 6 Feb 2025

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Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image BIDISHA MISRA

posted on 5 Nov 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Campus Placement

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Aptitude, Programming, Communication

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Detection &Estimation, Communication and Signal Processing

Top Qualcomm Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. What is Min-Cut placement algorithm? Given some block sizes, use the algorithm to place them on a given chip area
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Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. ❖ If a team member is unable to carry out his work, he is doing it repetitively, how would you handle it?, would you like to work only on lifing of components, or would you be ready to shift to other departments?
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed in Mar 2024.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

1. Reverse a singly linked list
2. Kadane Algorithm

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked about my previous company and projects I worked on. In depth discussion on my resume. Questions on OS fundamentals.
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. In depth discussion on the projects I previously worked on. Write code to explain race condition in OS. Few puzzles and numerical were given to test my analytical skills.
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Final Round with Senior Manager, testing me on all parameters aptitude, tech stack, past experience and interest in the role.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well to face any questions from your resume/cv
Prepare DSA, os fundamentals(mutex, semaphore, deadlock, memory management, etc)

Top Qualcomm Senior Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Function to write data to some memory location which can dynamically allocate memory and return the address details where data is present .
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Senior Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. what is the meaning of M in M20,M25,M30 grade of concrete?
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SDE Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 12 Dec 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Link list reversal
  • Q2. OS all concepts

Top Qualcomm SDE Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. write a program with 2 threads. one thread should print even and other should print odd numbers in sequence. how would you make it SMP safe?
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SDE Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Longest Increasing SubsequenceFor a given array with N elements, you need to find the length of the longest subsequence from the array such that all the elements of the subsequence are sorted in strictly increasing order. Strictly Increasin... read more
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Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 26 Jul 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Signal Processing based questions
  • Q2. Detection and estimations question

Top Qualcomm Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. What is Min-Cut placement algorithm? Given some block sizes, use the algorithm to place them on a given chip area
View answer (1)

Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. ❖ If a team member is unable to carry out his work, he is doing it repetitively, how would you handle it?, would you like to work only on lifing of components, or would you be ready to shift to other departments?
View answer (7)

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Nil nil nil nil nil nil

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Nil nil nil nil nil nil
  • Q2. Nil nil nil nil nil nil boss good

Top Qualcomm Software Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Minimum FountainsThere is a one-dimensional garden of length 'N'. On each of the positions from 0 to 'N', there is a fountain, and this fountain’s water can reach up to a certain range as explained further. In other words, there are 'N' + 1... read more
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Software Developer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Maximum Subarray SumGiven an array of numbers, find the maximum sum of any contiguous subarray of the array. For example, given the array [34, -50, 42, 14, -5, 86], the maximum sum would be 137, since we would take elements 42, 14, -5, and ... read more
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Get interview-ready with Top Qualcomm Interview Questions

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. It was a dsa coding question
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Its was also dsa coding ques

Top Qualcomm Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Bridge and torch problem : Four people come to a river in the night. There is a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch and, because it's night, the torch has to be used when crossing the bridge. Person... read more
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Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Bridge and torch problem : Four people come to a river in the night. There is a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch and, because it's night, the torch has to be used when crossing the bridge. Person... read more
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SDE Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 9 Jan 2025

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Two-Sum Problem

Top Qualcomm SDE Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. write a program with 2 threads. one thread should print even and other should print odd numbers in sequence. how would you make it SMP safe?
View answer (1)

SDE Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Longest Increasing SubsequenceFor a given array with N elements, you need to find the length of the longest subsequence from the array such that all the elements of the subsequence are sorted in strictly increasing order. Strictly Increasin... read more
View answer (5)
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Transformers and DG, Chiller, Utility and STP and WTP operations
  • Q2. Documenyation and break down equipment vendor follow up
  • Q3. Man power handling and Weekend PPM activities

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good

Electrical Shift Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. what is difference between dry type and oil type
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Oct 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Coding round coding round coding round

Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. How are you doing
  • Q2. What is your name

Staff Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Swap Adjacent Bit PairsYou are given an integer 'N'. Your task is to find the number formed after swapping each even bit of 'N' in its binary representation with its adjacent bit on the right, assuming that the least significant bit is an o... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Running stream median, priority queue, binary search, dp basic

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Cycle in linked list
  • Ans. 

    A cycle in a linked list occurs when a node points to a previous node in the list, creating a loop.

    • Check for a cycle using two pointers - one moving one node at a time and the other moving two nodes at a time.

    • If the two pointers meet at any point, there is a cycle in the linked list.

    • Example: 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4 -> 2 (points back to 2), this linked list has a cycle.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Construct a tree from pre and post.
  • Ans. 

    Construct a tree from pre and post order traversal arrays.

    • Start by creating a root node using the first element of the pre-order array.

    • Find the index of the root node in the post-order array to divide it into left and right subtrees.

    • Recursively build the left and right subtrees.

    • Repeat the process for each subtree until the tree is fully constructed.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - striver sde sheet

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Top Qualcomm Associate Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Maximal Ratio Combining in MIMO, Quantization Noise power
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Q1. Count Ways To Reach The N-th StairsYou have been given a number of stairs. Initially, you are at the 0th stair, and you need to reach the Nth stair. Each time you can either climb one step or two steps. You are supposed to return the number... read more
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Qualcomm Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Qualcomm interview?
Qualcomm interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Qualcomm interview process are Technical, One-on-one Round and Coding Test.
How to prepare for Qualcomm interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Qualcomm. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Qualcomm expect are Staffing, Python, Computer science, C++ and Debugging.
What are the top questions asked in Qualcomm interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Qualcomm interview -

  1. Bridge and torch problem : Four people come to a river in the night. There is a...read more
  2. Given an array A[n], write a C program to find P and Q (P>Q) such that A[P] - A...read more
  3. How many ways would one arrange sets of coloured balls, the first set all red, ...read more
How long is the Qualcomm interview process?

The duration of Qualcomm interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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