Qualcomm·Software Engineer

Qualcomm Software Engineer interview experience

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Medium

Positive

San Diego, CAPosted Nov 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

For the internship track, my process started with a preliminary recruiter interaction that was semi-behavioral, more about fit than deep technical depth.

After that, I moved into technical rounds for interns where the expectation was clear: I was asked to both analyze code and solve problems, and I had to explain my thought process as I went.

In the more technical sessions, the topics leaned heavily into embedded systems fundamentals. I discussed interrupts and even some bit manipulation concepts, and I also had a resume and behavioral round mixed with a machine-learning discussion. One of the coding parts showed up as a LeetCode medium-style problem about reordering nodes in a linked list.

What stood out most was how much they tied

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