MathWorks

Applications Support Engineer Interview Experience - Boston, Massachusetts

March 1, 2015

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Process

Video screening followed by a technical screening for about 1 hour. They will go through basic C++, C, and Java questions. Topics include data structures, dynamic memory allocation techniques, and pointers.

Questions

Calloc and malloc differences

String and string buffer differences

JDK, JRE, JVM

Some code snippets in C and C++

Can we define functions inside structures?

What is a critical section?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 63 interview experiences for the MathWorks Applications Support Engineer role in Boston, Massachusetts.

Success Rate

17%

Pass Rate

MathWorks's interview process for their Applications Support Engineer roles in Boston, Massachusetts is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive41%

Neutral48%

Negative11%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for MathWorks's Applications Support Engineer interview process in Boston, Massachusetts.

MathWorks Work Experiences

A good place to work

Applications Support Engineer • Current Employee

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

January 23, 2014

Pros: New ideas and concepts are being worked on.

Cons: The hiring process isn't that good.

A good place to work

Applications Support Engineer • Current Employee

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

January 23, 2014

Pros: New ideas and concepts are being worked on.

Cons: The hiring process isn't that good.

A good place to work and live

Applications Support Engineer • Former Employee

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: Good environment and life-work balance. Great working environment. Everyone has an office. People respect and invest in the success of the company and each other. MathWorks is financially very strong. Cons: Overall, the main markets are R&D and education institutes for MATLAB and control design automation for Simulink.

Cons: I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company. I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company.

A good place to work and live

Applications Support Engineer • Former Employee

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: Good environment and life-work balance. Great working environment. Everyone has an office. People respect and invest in the success of the company and each other. MathWorks is financially very strong. Cons: Overall, the main markets are R&D and education institutes for MATLAB and control design automation for Simulink.

Cons: I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company. I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company.

Work in Mathworks

Applications Support Engineer • Current Employee

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

February 25, 2014

Pros: Smart people, a comfortable working environment.

Cons: Average payment, not flexible with arrangement.

Work in Mathworks

Applications Support Engineer • Current Employee

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

February 25, 2014

Pros: Smart people, a comfortable working environment.

Cons: Average payment, not flexible with arrangement.

A good place to work

Applications Support Engineer • Current Employee

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

January 23, 2014

Pros: New ideas and concepts are being worked on.

Cons: The hiring process isn't that good.

3.0
A good place to work
Applications Support Engineer • Current Employee
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
January 23, 2014
Pros: New ideas and concepts are being worked on.
Cons: The hiring process isn't that good.

A good place to work and live

Applications Support Engineer • Former Employee

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Pros: Good environment and life-work balance. Great working environment. Everyone has an office. People respect and invest in the success of the company and each other. MathWorks is financially very strong. Cons: Overall, the main markets are R&D and education institutes for MATLAB and control design automation for Simulink.

Cons: I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company. I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company.

5.0
A good place to work and live
Applications Support Engineer • Former Employee
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
July 6, 2014
Pros: Good environment and life-work balance. Great working environment. Everyone has an office. People respect and invest in the success of the company and each other. MathWorks is financially very strong. Cons: Overall, the main markets are R&D and education institutes for MATLAB and control design automation for Simulink.
Cons: I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company. I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company.

Work in Mathworks

Applications Support Engineer • Current Employee

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

February 25, 2014

Pros: Smart people, a comfortable working environment.

Cons: Average payment, not flexible with arrangement.

4.0
Work in Mathworks
Applications Support Engineer • Current Employee
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
February 25, 2014
Pros: Smart people, a comfortable working environment.
Cons: Average payment, not flexible with arrangement.

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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