Qualcomm Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Too much South Asian management culture (micromanagement). Extremely bad attitude towards employees. Always made condescending comment if you made a mistake. Also, a lot of management are incompetent."

What do you like about working at Qualcomm?

"Benefits, campus."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Questions are easy; as long as you understand their English."

What don't you like about working at Qualcomm?

"Working attitude, growing opportunities, politics, micromanagement, barely any true N. Americans working. It is difficult to blend in unless you are South Asian immigrants. They like to talk in their own language and you feel out of the group."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"All of them should re-do a technical interview like what all their engineers did to ensure they are good enough to manage their engineers. Also, please allow freedom to think of new ideas, and pls, roll your sleeves and work, instead of TALK/Meetings."

"Qualcomm is a complete community in itself to work for."

What do you like about working at Qualcomm?

"Qualcomm takes really good care of their employees."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"You'll need someone on the inside to get your foot in the door."

What don't you like about working at Qualcomm?

"Very difficult to move up in your own department."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Continue what you're doing."

What do you like about working at Qualcomm?

"Everything but a slightly lower pay scale than competition."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be very technically proficient. Engineers with business skills are valued."

What don't you like about working at Qualcomm?

"Direct pay was slightly lower than competition."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Try to weed out some of the old friends of the founders. There is a bit too much group-think."

"Was a good job."

"Excellent place to work."

"Corporate culture declined over the course of my tenure there as the company grew."

What do you like about working at Qualcomm?

"I started at the beginning and it was a challenge and fun to take the company from a $70 million/yr loss to over $4 billion/yr gain."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be young, cleancut and educated."

What don't you like about working at Qualcomm?

"Corporate culture changed from nurture and sharing/teaching to protect-your-job-even-if-means-doing-the-other-guys-job."

"Qualcomm is a very good place to work."

"Good to work."

"A few rotten managers are making life at Qualcomm hell, but overall the company is world class."

"Atheros is a great place to work."

What do you like about working at Qualcomm?

"Doing something no one has done before."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be on top of your game."

What don't you like about working at Qualcomm?

"Work/life balance."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Streamline the review process."

"Good while it lasts."

What do you like about working at Qualcomm?

"Good pay."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be careful."

What don't you like about working at Qualcomm?

"Management needs work with direction."

"Qualcomm is one of the best places to work."

What do you like about working at Qualcomm?

"Challenging environment, technology."

"Good work culture and benefits, but average pay and growth."

"It might make sense, but wait."

What do you like about working at Qualcomm?

"Always dress down, flat management."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It is a good company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Solve employees work related issues quickly, in that way efficiency, satisfaction won't suffer."