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
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. 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%
Skills test: 15%
Group panel interview: 15%
One on one interview: 15%
Background check: 12%
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