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      Applications Engineer Interview

      Jan 29, 2016
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Cambridge, England
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at COMSOL (Cambridge, England)

      Interview

      The interview had 3 stages, an initial phone interview during which I was asked technical questions. Then I was invited to a 2nd interview consisting of presentation on a project followed by a lot of technical questions. I was never asked a single question about my CV, or any competency questions at any stage. For the 3rd interview, I was given a chance to use their software and prepare two presentation on 2 tasks. I was expecting the final presentation to be based on presentation skills and being able to give COMSOL inductions, but again the questions were on the technical side, and not sure what the point of the presentations were. Total waste of time and energy and I was not prepared for that. Whenever I hesitated on one question asked by one person, another person would jump in (perhaps trying to help) and they would confuse me even more and did not give me a chance to think at all. One interviewer in particular definitely did not have interpersonal skills. Even after it was obvious that I was going to fail the 3rd interview, he just kept asking question only to humiliate me. He was a bully in many ways. I could not even answer simple questions (some of which I had answer in previous stages) after I found out they were asking me technical questions again. I regret not walking out as soon as I found out especially as I had decided to accept another offer from a different company. Expectedly from their culture they did not contact me to let me know the outcome.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      know your PDEs.
      Answer question
      9

      Other Applications Engineer Interview Reviews for COMSOL

      Applications Engineer Interview

      Feb 22, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at COMSOL

      Interview

      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.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why do I want to work in their company
      Answer question
      1

      Applications Engineer Interview

      Jan 29, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Los Angeles, CA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      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

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Typical questions about my background
      1 Answer

      Application Engineer Interview

      Jan 12, 2023
      Anonymous employee
      Burlington, MA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      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.

      Interview questions [3]

      Question 1

      Q: Would a moving-mesh formulation conserve mass?
      1 Answer

      Question 2

      Q: How would increased convection change mass transport in a domain of thermally-driven flow?
      1 Answer

      Question 3

      Q: How did you get your numerical system to converge?
      1 Answer
      2

      COMSOL interviews FAQs

      • 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%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Applications Engineer(15) ;
        2. Sales(9) ;
        3. Software Developer(8) ;
        4. Technical Sales Engineer(5) ;
        5. Software Engineer(4) ;
        6. Account Manager(3) ;
        7. Marketing(3) ;
        8. Sales Manager(3) ;
        9. Application Engineer(2) ;
        10. Application-Engineer(2) ;
        11. Especialista De Marketing(2) ;
        12. Sales Engineer(2) ;
        13. Senior Applications Engineer(2) ;
        14. Technical Support Engineer(2) ;
        15. ingénieur(2) .


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      Jobs at COMSOL

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