I applied via the careers section of the MathWorks website. The process was odd from the beginning.

I was first contacted via email by the manager to arrange a call. I replied to the email and received no answer. After a few days, I contacted them back to inquire about the status, and I was told that the manager had written to me to arrange the first telephone interview. Eventually, we agreed on a day for the first call.

It was quite generic, covering my job, my skills, and my interests. He asked me to study some topics, and we arranged a call for two weeks later.

I was called by another person, as the first manager was on holiday. The interview was quite simple, with questions on Maths, C, C++, and MATLAB.

Topics included dynamic memory allocation, pointers, virtual destructors, MATLAB functions, some probability questions, and many of the questions you may find elsewhere.

At the end of this call, I received very positive feedback.

After one week, I had not received any update. I wrote an email, and this time the second person was on holiday. The first manager called me back, checked the outcome of the interview, and arranged a call with HR to plan a visit to the Cambridge site, mainly to get a better idea of the place.

More delays, and finally, they called me. We talked a little bit, and they gave me two days to think about it. They called again, and we discussed a couple of days to fly to Cambridge. Unfortunately, some people were unavailable, and they were supposed to call me the following week to confirm availability. They did not call.

Finally, the week after they said they would call, they contacted me, stating that the offer they could come up with might be below my expectations, so it was pointless to arrange this third interview.

What really surprised me was the inefficiency of the process. They took a lot of time, made me waste a lot of time, and, despite a very good interview and positive feedback, they decided not to finish the process. I expected something more from such a company.

nothing relevant

maybe virtual destructors