Qualcomm CPU Physical Design Engineer interview questions
Updated May 26, 2026
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How others got an interview
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CPU Physical Design Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Qualcomm with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for CPU Physical Design Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Qualcomm overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Qualcomm as a CPU Physical Design Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 67%
Skills test: 33%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
Baiscs of PD, STA, Timing. The initial interview screening had questions on physical design fundamentals, EMIR flows, PD commands, synthesis reports, approach to FP different timing scenarios and their solutions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
STA Timinf related questions, how to fix setup/Hold, OCV
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Qualcomm (San Diego, CA) in Mar 2025
Interview
First I got scheduled a screening call- technical(45mins). Then after clearing it I got a mail to schedule all the 5 Rounds of interview + HR call.
It was good and got an experience how to handle it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain ASIC Design Flow?
Explain about Placement congestion and how to reduce it?
Write a TCL script for searching a slack value which is violated in a report and write those values in another file?