Horrible Interview Experience with Qualcomm — Twice

Honestly, my recent experiences interviewing with Qualcomm were beyond horrible. I don't even care if anyone from HR or management reads this — they seriously need to take a hard look at the mess they call a hiring process.

A couple of months back, I got a call to come to their office for an interview scheduled at 10 AM. I reached on time, like any decent professional. They sent me to some breakout area with about 10 other candidates, all waiting for their turns — turns out most had been there for hours.

So I waited. 11 AM… 12 PM… 1 PM… nothing. Hardly anyone was being called in. Nobody from HR bothered to update us or even acknowledge that people were just sitting there wasting half their day. Around 2 PM, totally fed up, I just left.

Fine, maybe one bad day. But a few days ago they scheduled another interview for a different role — this time online. I wouldn’t have shown up if it was onsite, but since it was a virtual one, I joined on time. And guess what? I waited 30 minutes, sent multiple emails and messages, and — no one showed up. No reply, no apology, nothing. Just complete radio silence.

Qualcomm, you seriously need to get your act together. People prepare, reschedule work, and travel for these interviews. The least you can do is respect candidates’ time.

Interviewing is a two-way street. You can’t expect respect when you don’t give any. I’ve interviewed with dozens of companies over my career and even interviewed hundreds of candidates but this was hands down one of the worst experiences I’ve ever had.

If anyone else has gone through similar nonsense with Qualcomm HR — please share. I’m honestly curious if this kind of treatment is normal there, or if I was just unlucky. Either way, it’s unacceptable