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Qualcomm

Abdul Rahman Mateen Syed

Associate Engineer

NIT Warangal

Branch:

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Session:

2022-2023

Offer obtained:  

6 months intern + FTE

Description of role:

Hardware role

Job/Intern location:

Hyderabad

Eligible Branches:

For Software role :- EEE, ECE, and CSE
For Hardware role :- EEE, ECE

Eligibility Criteria:

CGPA - 7.0 later reduced to 6.9

Selection Procedure:

Online test followed by 2 rounds of technical interviews.

Description of Online test:

Online test had three sections

1.) Aptitude:- Odd one out, reading a passage, arithmetic problems, and questions on arrangements inferred from a passage.

2.) Software 1:- Data Structures, Basic programming, OOPs

3.) Hardware (Digital only) :- Flip flops, Registers, Computer Architecture, Microprocessors, Assembly language.

Description of Technical Interview:

Round 1:-
Elementary questions.
2s complement and a circuit to implement it both in verilog and schematic.
Questions on Static Timing Analysis.
Basic construction of D flip flop.

Round 2:-
Processor Architecture for 5 stage pipeline.
Addressing issues caused by pipelining (RAW,WAR).
Protocols for communication between modules (AHB).
8086 ALP Programming.
Verilog code to measure duty cycle and time period of an unknown signal.

Description of HR Round:

Just a general discussion on work location preferences and if I was interested in getting a master's degree.

Preparation Strategy:

If you plan to get into hardware, do not abandon prep for software roles completely- treat it as a backup option. Opportunities in hardware are minuscule in contrast to software.

Resources:

NA

Additional info for our viewers:

Give a treat if you get selected :)

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