Application Support Engineer Interview Experience - Germany
Process
I was invited for a telephone call as the first interview, checking my background and discussing my motivation. After the call, I was invited to an on-site interview.
The on-site interview took about 4 hours and included different exams in math, control theory, and programming.
After that, I had interviews with different managers and with the HR department in the US. Following that, I met the team and had a short chat with them.
All in all, a very demanding interview, but manageable with a little preparation.
Questions
The exams focus on math, control theory, and C programming.
One should definitely prepare for these, reviewing engineering math, control theory lessons, and C programming courses, including pointers. A few days of preparation are necessary in order to perform well.
Examples include:
- Area integrals
- Transfer functions
- Determining stability
- Sorting algorithms
- Pointer arithmetics
- Determining the output of a given function
- Solving ODEs
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the MathWorks Application Support Engineer role in Germany.
Success Rate
MathWorks's interview process for their Application Support Engineer roles in Germany is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for MathWorks's Application Support Engineer interview process in Germany.
MathWorks Work Experiences
- 5.0Great Balance, Fair PayApplication Support Engineer • Current EmployeeNatick, Massachusetts, United StatesMay 21, 2024Pros: Great work-life balance, people-first workplace.Cons: Average compensation, but still fair.
- 4.0EDG Internship ReviewApplication Support Engineer • Former EmployeeMay 21, 2020Pros: Nice and friendly work environment. Good work ethic; almost everyone is willing to help you out. Young and smart people in your team. Interesting and funny projects with other teams/departments. Possibility to develop soft and technical skills.Cons: - The effort to put into Technical Support is far greater than that put into any other activity, such as projects or personal learning. Tech Support is, de facto, the most important activity, and its tasks have higher priority. Keep that in mind. - You interface with customers who are either lazy people who don't even read documentation or people who do not know the difference between technical support and consultancy. Those belonging to the second type often take large (and often useless) paths to accomplish things that could have been done more easily if better planned at the beginning and/or if a bit more effort had been put into studying the tools before using them. "Reinvent the wheel" and "no common sense" apply in many complex tech support cases.
- 5.0Great company to work forApplication Support Engineer • Current EmployeeNatick, Massachusetts, United StatesJanuary 8, 2024Pros: Smart people, great CEO, good impact, great WLB.Cons: Nothing that comes to mind.
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