Qualcomm Software Engineer interview experience

The plan was for three rounds of about 45 minutes each with a short break between, but I didn’t make it past the first round, so I only interviewed in that initial segment. The recruiter had already set expectations that the questions would heavily cover embedded concepts along with C and OS fundamentals.

That first round felt very focused and not very forgiving. Even though I went in expecting standard fundamentals, the timing and depth made it clear they were evaluating whether I could handle the C-and-OS layer quickly. I left feeling like the scope was exactly what they advertised, just