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The position was not for graphics development and neither is my background, but an interviewer insisted on probing on such algorithms and linear algebra, about which I know about only cursorily and recall only vaguely.
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Staff Software Engineer

Interviewed at Qualcomm

3.8★
Jan 12, 2013

The position was not for graphics development and neither is my background, but an interviewer insisted on probing on such algorithms and linear algebra, about which I know about only cursorily and recall only vaguely.

1). Design Strategy in C++ 2). Semaphore, mutex, spin lock 3). S1/X2 HO call flow 4). Work Experience from Current Company and previous company. 5). C basic questions. 6). Volatile, register 7). State machine questions 8). Most of the interview questions from work experience
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Staff Software Engineer

Interviewed at Qualcomm

3.8★
Jun 14, 2015

1). Design Strategy in C++ 2). Semaphore, mutex, spin lock 3). S1/X2 HO call flow 4). Work Experience from Current Company and previous company. 5). C basic questions. 6). Volatile, register 7). State machine questions 8). Most of the interview questions from work experience

first HR person just normal questions. then a SW manager lunch&talk.then a SW engineer asked some general questions about embedded system. they all asked questions about memory debugging. the a senior SW engineer asked C++ questions related to virtual destructor. and a question about loop in the linked list. the last one is the manager asked about the oriority inversion and its fixes.
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Staff Software Engineer

Interviewed at Qualcomm

3.8★
Dec 3, 2018

first HR person just normal questions. then a SW manager lunch&talk.then a SW engineer asked some general questions about embedded system. they all asked questions about memory debugging. the a senior SW engineer asked C++ questions related to virtual destructor. and a question about loop in the linked list. the last one is the manager asked about the oriority inversion and its fixes.

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