Applications Support Engineer Interview Experience - Cambridge, United Kingdom
Process
The interview process began with a short initial interview with a manager. This was to gain a better understanding of the job and to provide a brief overview of my background.
Following that, I had a technical phone interview. The questions covered Control Theory, Mathematics, C++, Java, general OOP, and MATLAB. Many of these questions are also listed on Glassdoor.
Next was an interview with HR, where standard questions were asked.
The final step was an on-site interview, which consisted of three parts:
- A technical assessment.
- An interview with a manager.
- An interview with HR.
The HR questions were standard.
The technical questions were similar to those on the phone interview. The key difference was that the on-site technical questions focused more on implementation and application to concrete problems rather than general concepts.
The manager primarily asked HR-related questions, such as how to handle multiple responsibilities.
The last step in the process was a reference check.
Questions
Explain the concepts of multiple inheritance in C++ and Java.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 17 interview experiences for the MathWorks Applications Support Engineer role in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Success Rate
MathWorks's interview process for their Applications Support Engineer roles in Cambridge, the United Kingdom is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for MathWorks's Applications Support Engineer interview process in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
MathWorks Work Experiences
- 3.0Review for EDGApplications Support Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaJune 9, 2015Pros: Good work culture, products that touch many lives. Core values, good work-life balance.Cons: EDG in India is quite poor. Students from premiere institutions are recruited and told they can make a career in their respective fields, but this is not true. Once a fresher joins, he/she will come to know there are no choices to make as such. There are only 5 departments and no core roles. Very few openings make transfers for EDG very difficult. Getting stuck with a support profile is the worst thing that can happen for a career, especially for engineers from top-notch institutes. Only a few technologies are helpful for a long-term career outside MathWorks. Managers from other departments recruit people from outside; even freshers are recruited, which calls the EDG model into question. People don't leave because they are left with no choice, but rather stay in EDG. During recruitment, students are not told the truth about the career opportunities.
- 3.0Great opportunity for ramped-up learning, but make plans to leave soonApplications Support Engineer • Former EmployeeNatick, Massachusetts, United StatesOctober 10, 2009Pros: Great platform for fresh graduates to learn. A decent amount of freedom to choose what you want to do.Cons: Downsides of this role? Well, after a year, maybe your learning curve becomes stagnant, and you want to move out of this role. Unfortunately, the organization is very conservative, so positions in your field of choice might not open up at all. You are literally wasting half of your time doing technical support and talking to customers who mostly can't get anything done on their own. More than half of the management is non-technical, so they have no idea of what they are talking about most of the time. Just smile and take it. Huge disparity in pay scales for the same role. If you went to a branded school, you get a lot more than you deserve; performers are not rewarded aptly.
- 3.0Applications Support EngineerApplications Support Engineer • Current EmployeeDecember 12, 2016Pros: One of the best companies to work for.Cons: I think there are no cons about MathWorks.
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