MathWorks

Applications Engineer Interview Experience

April 3, 2013

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Talked with Mathworks during our Career Fair.

Had a 20-minute behavioral interview.

Got a callback after 2 days to schedule a technical phone interview.

Was given 1.5 weeks for preparation.

The phone interview covers:

Math concepts (Differential equations, Partial differential equations, linear algebra, probability)
Signal Processing (Z transforms, continuous and discrete time systems, stability, etc.)
Programming concepts
C/C++/Java (I chose C)
MATLAB questions

Questions

Math Concepts:

What is an integral?
What is a derivative?

Signal Processing:

What is a continuous-time system?
What is a discrete-time system?
How do you convert one to the other?
What is an LTI system?
What is causality?
Relationship between Z-transform and Fourier transform.
Z-transform of a given impulse response? Is it causal?
Given a Z-transform, is it stable?
Given an impulse response, is the system stable?
What are random processes?
What is a PSD?
What does the PSD of white noise look like?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 45 interview experiences for the MathWorks Applications Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

11%

Pass Rate

MathWorks's interview process for their Applications Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive36%

Neutral49%

Negative16%

Candidates reported having good feelings for MathWorks's Applications Engineer interview process in United States.

MathWorks Work Experiences

Great Place to Work

Applications Engineer • Current Employee

Natick, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: Lots of flexibility in job requirements. Over the dozen or so years I have been here, I have pretty much written my own job description. Small side projects became larger projects and then job requirements. I have not had a manager give me 'an assignment' in the last 8-9 years. It is a very self-directed environment. All the creature comforts are here: * Free drinks * Breakfasts * Summer Outings * Anniversary cruises etc... All the benefits that matter are here: * 401k match * Insurance plans * Profit sharing Respectable salary. Being a worker-bee with no eye towards management, I am quite happy to do the 9-5 and not think about work at all when I am gone.

Cons: There are not a lot of promotions here. That said, I think people come in with weird expectations: It is not high school; you do not get a promotion every year. Realistically, every position I have held here had the possibility of being a lifelong career position. If there are only five levels to each job, and I could be here for 40 years (a real possibility!), exactly how fast do you expect to move through the ranks?

Great Place to Work

Applications Engineer • Current Employee

Natick, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: Lots of flexibility in job requirements. Over the dozen or so years I have been here, I have pretty much written my own job description. Small side projects became larger projects and then job requirements. I have not had a manager give me 'an assignment' in the last 8-9 years. It is a very self-directed environment. All the creature comforts are here: * Free drinks * Breakfasts * Summer Outings * Anniversary cruises etc... All the benefits that matter are here: * 401k match * Insurance plans * Profit sharing Respectable salary. Being a worker-bee with no eye towards management, I am quite happy to do the 9-5 and not think about work at all when I am gone.

Cons: There are not a lot of promotions here. That said, I think people come in with weird expectations: It is not high school; you do not get a promotion every year. Realistically, every position I have held here had the possibility of being a lifelong career position. If there are only five levels to each job, and I could be here for 40 years (a real possibility!), exactly how fast do you expect to move through the ranks?

Working in MathWorks

Applications Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

January 7, 2025

Pros: Work-life balance. Diversity. Company trusts its employees.

Cons: Slow growth. Low possibility of influencing decision-making.

Working in MathWorks

Applications Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

January 7, 2025

Pros: Work-life balance. Diversity. Company trusts its employees.

Cons: Slow growth. Low possibility of influencing decision-making.

Nice People, Slow Decisions

Applications Engineer • Former Employee

Natick, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: Good culture, nice people here.

Cons: Slow at times in decisions.

Nice People, Slow Decisions

Applications Engineer • Former Employee

Natick, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: Good culture, nice people here.

Cons: Slow at times in decisions.

Great Place to Work

Applications Engineer • Current Employee

Natick, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: Lots of flexibility in job requirements. Over the dozen or so years I have been here, I have pretty much written my own job description. Small side projects became larger projects and then job requirements. I have not had a manager give me 'an assignment' in the last 8-9 years. It is a very self-directed environment. All the creature comforts are here: * Free drinks * Breakfasts * Summer Outings * Anniversary cruises etc... All the benefits that matter are here: * 401k match * Insurance plans * Profit sharing Respectable salary. Being a worker-bee with no eye towards management, I am quite happy to do the 9-5 and not think about work at all when I am gone.

Cons: There are not a lot of promotions here. That said, I think people come in with weird expectations: It is not high school; you do not get a promotion every year. Realistically, every position I have held here had the possibility of being a lifelong career position. If there are only five levels to each job, and I could be here for 40 years (a real possibility!), exactly how fast do you expect to move through the ranks?

5.0
Great Place to Work
Applications Engineer • Current Employee
Natick, Massachusetts, United States
July 25, 2012
Pros: Lots of flexibility in job requirements. Over the dozen or so years I have been here, I have pretty much written my own job description. Small side projects became larger projects and then job requirements. I have not had a manager give me 'an assignment' in the last 8-9 years. It is a very self-directed environment. All the creature comforts are here: * Free drinks * Breakfasts * Summer Outings * Anniversary cruises etc... All the benefits that matter are here: * 401k match * Insurance plans * Profit sharing Respectable salary. Being a worker-bee with no eye towards management, I am quite happy to do the 9-5 and not think about work at all when I am gone.
Cons: There are not a lot of promotions here. That said, I think people come in with weird expectations: It is not high school; you do not get a promotion every year. Realistically, every position I have held here had the possibility of being a lifelong career position. If there are only five levels to each job, and I could be here for 40 years (a real possibility!), exactly how fast do you expect to move through the ranks?

Working in MathWorks

Applications Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

January 7, 2025

Pros: Work-life balance. Diversity. Company trusts its employees.

Cons: Slow growth. Low possibility of influencing decision-making.

5.0
Working in MathWorks
Applications Engineer • Current Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
January 7, 2025
Pros: Work-life balance. Diversity. Company trusts its employees.
Cons: Slow growth. Low possibility of influencing decision-making.

Nice People, Slow Decisions

Applications Engineer • Former Employee

Natick, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: Good culture, nice people here.

Cons: Slow at times in decisions.

5.0
Nice People, Slow Decisions
Applications Engineer • Former Employee
Natick, Massachusetts, United States
June 6, 2025
Pros: Good culture, nice people here.
Cons: Slow at times in decisions.

MathWorks Interview Questions

Reverse Nodes in k-Group

Reverse a linked list in groups of k nodes. If the number of nodes is not a multiple of k, leave the remaining nodes at the end as is.

Maximum Number of Alloys

You're given resources and machine blueprints. Determine the maximum number of identical alloys you can create by optimally distributing your resources across the machines.

ArraysBinary Search

Count Subarrays With Fixed Bounds

You are given an array and two numbers, minK and maxK. Find the number of subarrays where minK and maxK are the minimum and maximum values within that subarray, respectively.

ArraysSliding Windows

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