I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at COMSOL (London, England) in Feb 2021
Interview
I was recruited for the role and invited to a telephone interview. The experience was negative as I thought the questions were quite difficult. The interviewer was quite hard to talk to and advice would be to only apply for the role if you are an expert in FEA, as I am a recent graduate and felt they were looking for someone with a lot more experience despite their job notice.
First round was a screening round. In the second round, a set of questions were given and then I was asked to send the answers in 24 hours. My answers were discussed later in an interview.
I applied online. I interviewed at COMSOL (Los Angeles, CA) in Oct 2023
Interview
interview with hiring manager as well as director.
Never got back to me and when I followed up within the timeline they discussed didn't respond
received a typical hr email 3 weeks later
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at COMSOL (Burlington, MA) in Dec 2022
Interview
First round video call interview Second round on-site research presentation and technical questions. Research presentation is about 20 minutes. Technical questions are mostly about the Galerkin FEM and numerical analysis in general. They did a great job of asking questions about my research too.
Applications Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at COMSOL with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 43.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Applications Engineer roles take an average of 38 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at COMSOL overall takes an average of 50 days.
Common stages of the interview process at COMSOL as a Applications Engineer according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 23%
Presentation: 19%
Group panel interview: 15%
Skills test: 15%
One on one interview: 15%
Background check: 12%
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