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1. Draw a FSM for a particular recognizing a particular sequence. 2. Computer Architecture - Caches, Coherency protocols (moesi mosi etc). Pipelining pro and cons. 3. Basic C questions - memcpy,linked list etc. 4. Timing violations and how to fix them.
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Hardware Engineer

Interviewed at Qualcomm

3.8
Mar 14, 2016

1. Draw a FSM for a particular recognizing a particular sequence. 2. Computer Architecture - Caches, Coherency protocols (moesi mosi etc). Pipelining pro and cons. 3. Basic C questions - memcpy,linked list etc. 4. Timing violations and how to fix them.

Was asked to write code for a simple 2x1 mux in C and some other simple string related functions in C. Asked briefly about each of my projects and courses I have done related to digital design, vlsi. Asked which one is level/ edge triggered among Flip flop and latch. Asked basic formulas of RLC circuits. In the next round, it was mostly about OOPs, Pointers.
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Hardware Associate

Interviewed at Qualcomm

3.8
Jul 20, 2022

Was asked to write code for a simple 2x1 mux in C and some other simple string related functions in C. Asked briefly about each of my projects and courses I have done related to digital design, vlsi. Asked which one is level/ edge triggered among Flip flop and latch. Asked basic formulas of RLC circuits. In the next round, it was mostly about OOPs, Pointers.

Almost everything releated to C programming was asked. Memory layout, MMU, variable size in memory (boolean also). small C code output explanation in shared window. the code contained these: for-loop with strange condition, logic operation and bit shifting.
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Hardware Validation Engineer

Interviewed at Qualcomm

3.8
Oct 30, 2025

Almost everything releated to C programming was asked. Memory layout, MMU, variable size in memory (boolean also). small C code output explanation in shared window. the code contained these: for-loop with strange condition, logic operation and bit shifting.

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