I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Qualcomm in Jan 2010
Interview
Saw opportunity online, sent resume to recruiter, was invited for an interview with the hiring manager a few days later .The manager was technically hands-on. The questions were fair, and could be answered faster by a person who worked on the issues recently. This is a fast pace environment.
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Qualcomm in Feb 2010
Interview
So far only phone interview. Started exact on the minute it was scheduled. Lasted 45 min (plus another 10 min for my own questions). Not many questions related to my resume - more technical.
No asm development in US anymore, so no need to read up on that before the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
C++, a class with a private var. What are the design considerations (re-use)
The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Nov 2009
Interview
Initial phone interview just asked about the basics of object oriented programming (linked lists vs arrays, etc). Second phone interview asked more about dynamic memory allocation and how to solve the problems that occur when dynamically allocating memory. Overall, all the interviewers were very polite and allowed time to answer questions even when stumbling. They didn't seem to know much about where I would be placed, so they just asked general questions about programming and computer science.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How can you ensure that you will have adequate memory after you allocate and free many blocks of memory.