I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at MathWorks (London, England) in Nov 2016
Interview
Surprisingly unprofessional interview process.
Online application - CV & cover letter
Got an email within a couple of days to organise a Skype interview. This was a bit of a mess in itself. I was told that I had to use Skype on a Windows machine and that Linux/Mac wouldn't work. I only had access to Linux/Mac so couldn't do Skype, because there isn't support for Skype for Business...
Eventually managed to organise a phone interview. Lasted about 20 mins. Questions were mostly standard. I got asked what the Mathworks do, what EDG do etc. Pretty standard. I also got questions about my knowledge of Computer Science and Control Theory. Mostly quite easy quick-fire questions (e.g. what is a stack? how would you describe OOP briefly? describe a function that finds dupilcates in an array.) I was told that I passed this stage straight away and that I would get another call soon for a follow-up interview.
Got a call roughly a week later, which ended up being a 5 min call to confirm that I was still interested in the position. Not sure what the point of this was. Then scheduled another phone interview. Yes.. a 3rd "phone interview".
This 3rd phone interview lasted about 45mins - 1 hour and was more technical. I got questions regarding 6 categories: Programming concepts, Java, C, C++, Matlab and Maths. It was obvious that I performed quite poorly in this interview, but I was told that I would hear back within 1-2 days. This was 2 months ago now and I still haven't heard back, so I'm assuming I was unsuccessful. Phone interviewers were generally quite rude.
They seemed very keen to test your existing knowledge rather than your way of thinking and hence ability to learn and grow - which is very surprising in this day and age. It was almost like a trivia quiz on maths and programming.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what is the formal definition of the limit of a function? the integral of a function? the derivative?
how is Java code compiled/run? what do malloc etc. functions do? difference between struct / typedef struct? how does a hashtable work?
There were three phases for recruiting procedures. The first stage was a brief and relaxing conversation, the second stage was about technical things and hiring manager asked several questions in the third stage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked me to write a prototype for a simple algorithm in any programming language
1) HR interview : discussion about candidate profile (studies, former experiences, hobbies and expectations) and presentation of the company. 2) Technical interview: questions about MATLAB and control design automation. Choose among 3 topic : Maths/Deployment/Control Automation 3) manager interview
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at MathWorks in Nov 2021
Interview
1. Hirevue
-why do you want to work for EDG etc.
2. HackerRank
-Questions on Maths, the programming language of your choice or Matlab.
3. Technical Interview (1hr)
-Maths, Logics, Programming, Matlab question.
4. Got rejected at this stage.
Applications Support Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at MathWorks with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 57% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Applications Support Engineer roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 1,071 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at MathWorks overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at MathWorks as a Applications Support Engineer according to 1,071 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 53%
Skills test: 12%
One on one interview: 11%
Background check: 6%
Personality test: 6%
Presentation: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 1%
Drug test: 1%
Group panel interview: 1%
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