The interview process was pretty well and organized. Interviewer asked questions regarding different parts of resume and wanted to know if related professional experiences to that specific position exist. Overall the initial screening interview was very straightforward.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Have you worked on projects related to this position?
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.
Application 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 Application 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 Application Engineer according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 23%
Presentation: 19%
One on one interview: 15%
Group panel interview: 15%
Skills test: 15%
Background check: 12%
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