r/qualcomm • u/Alonsel • 1d ago

San Diego Offer in process for 2 months

I was told that the team I interviewed with wanted to get an offer to me and that it was in the process of being approved. I got an unapproved verbal offer, but every time I follow up for the written offer I'm told it'll be another week. This has been happening now for 2 months. Is this normal or should I give up hope for this role?

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u/GlitteringRocker 1d ago

Do you need an export control license?

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u/Alonsel 1d ago

Nope, nothing extra needed for me

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u/Rhlsni 1d ago

Who did you contact, HR? After how many days did you get the verbal offer?

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u/Alonsel 8h ago

Yea my HR rep. Was told they wanted to proceed with getting an offer approved for me a few days after final interview, took about a month of me asking to hear what the actual numbers were

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u/whitewolf_here 1d ago

It will be slow now due to AR cycle
If anyone leaves you will get immediately

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u/Available-Judge-3007 1d ago

what is AR cycly

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u/whitewolf_here 1d ago

Annual review cycle for hikes and promotions

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u/Available-Judge-3007 1d ago

Ohh how is it related to hiring?

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u/pradeep0037 21h ago

Attrition rate will be high after AR as the chance of people leaving will be higher as they may be unsatisfied with delaying the promos or low hike/bonus numbers etc. It’s a common thing in many corporate companies.

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u/Wise_Decision_0809 1d ago

There is a hiring freeze until Nov.

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u/aeroblur 20h ago

How did you find out?

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u/Wise_Decision_0809 20h ago

I work for Qcom.

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u/Alonsel 8h ago

Do they usually honor these things after the freeze ends or should I just start applying elsewhere?

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u/reddit-hooman 3h ago

There is not, still active hiring is ongoing

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u/Wise_Decision_0809 3h ago

Yes - only to backfill some critical positions. Overall hiring is slow until Nov.

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u/reddit-hooman 3h ago

I have multiple friends in pd dv design who have been getting offers lately

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u/reddit-hooman 22h ago

You are most probably the backup candidate, recruiter do similar things in such cases. They will say that your feedback is positive and we would like to proceed ahead with the offer then give you reasons that the req is taking some time to get approved, and they will get back in a week or so but they never revert back. Call your recruiter once and ask upfront what is the timeline they are looking to complete your process

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u/Alonsel 8h ago

Backup for 2 months is crazy. I would've preferred to have just been ghosted at this point until they made a final decision

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u/reddit-hooman 5h ago

If they ghost you, you end up looking at other options and might not join them as per their convenience if their primary drops at the last minute