Qualcomm Careers and Employment

When the CEO laid off thousands of people to appease shareholders and deliver on his promise to reduce operating expenses by $1 billion, he was given a $250 million bonus. Imagine how many people's lives he devastated with that decision, and how many people he could have kept employed by not being greedy and accepting that obscene bonus. Here's an idea ... If you need to reduce operating expenses and the only way to do that is by reducing payroll, reduce everyone's pay across the board by 10% and do not ruin lives by kicking talented, hard-working people to the curb. You would come across as a hero instead of the villain that you have demonstrated yourself to be.

Absolute pride Most people didn’t know what we did, but I usually told them that every phone made was based on our technology, and it wasn’t just CDMA. We were always 1st to the marketplace with the latest innovations. 1st to market with an ARM based product in the smallest tech node geometries.

Reduce the promotion cycle & improve the performance review method.

normal tech interview

Usually 2 to 3 weeks

About a week

Asked about my Linux systems experience and my git experience.

Be yourself

normal tech interview

10. Due to Qualcomm's distributed nature, many people in remote offices will work 10-12 hours per day simply joining in on calls, whether they really need to be included or not. Emplyees in Europe and India often work a regular workday from 9am to 6pm or 7pm, then go home, eat, and join on calls with San Diego (or Europe) from 9pm to midnight.

Long hours, then catching up on email at night

If your salaried , you can pretty much come and go as you please as long as your doing your job.