MathWorks

Applications Support Engineer Interview Experience - Chicago, Illinois

March 1, 2016

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online and received a call within a month. The first stage was an online HR pre-recorded interview with relatively easy questions, preceded by a practice interview.

This was followed a week later by an on-screen HackerRank interview, where I coded in two languages of my choice. This stage proceeded quickly, with moderately difficult questions testing basic concepts. However, it required fast thinking due to time constraints.

Another week later, a technical phone interview took place for half an hour. I was asked questions on signal processing, including:

How auto-correlation relates to white noise
Transforms
MATLAB libraries
Auto and cross-correlation, similar to questions found on Glassdoor

Additionally, I was asked to provide code snippets in two languages of my choice, involving manipulations of signals, pointers, inheritance, and abstraction.

Questions

How to solve mathematical equations in MATLAB

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 5 interview experiences for the MathWorks Applications Support Engineer role in Chicago, Illinois.

Success Rate

40%

Pass Rate

MathWorks's interview process for their Applications Support Engineer roles in Chicago, Illinois is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive60%

Neutral0%

Negative40%

Candidates reported having good feelings for MathWorks's Applications Support Engineer interview process in Chicago, Illinois.

MathWorks Work Experiences

Great company with sound principles

Applications Support Engineer • Current Employee

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Challenging and exciting environment, full of smart people extremely passionate about their jobs. The company is based on solid principles; nothing is left to chance, from the internal organization to the development of the software. Possibility of working on different things and acquiring domain knowledge from different fields.

Cons: After six months, I can hardly say there are any cons. Probably the salary (compared to other software companies) is the biggest con one can expect.

Great company with sound principles

Applications Support Engineer • Current Employee

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Challenging and exciting environment, full of smart people extremely passionate about their jobs. The company is based on solid principles; nothing is left to chance, from the internal organization to the development of the software. Possibility of working on different things and acquiring domain knowledge from different fields.

Cons: After six months, I can hardly say there are any cons. Probably the salary (compared to other software companies) is the biggest con one can expect.

Amazing people, great work atmosphere, awesome perks

Applications Support Engineer • Current Employee

Natick, Massachusetts, United States

August 21, 2014

Pros: Very friendly and supportive co-workers. Awesome perks. The company really cares about employees. Lot of opportunities for leadership roles. Easy switch to different teams. They are getting bigger every year, so it's exciting to be a part of the growth.

Cons: The review process is too elaborate. The stakeholder plan is a major part of salary; without it, the salary looks just average.

Amazing people, great work atmosphere, awesome perks

Applications Support Engineer • Current Employee

Natick, Massachusetts, United States

August 21, 2014

Pros: Very friendly and supportive co-workers. Awesome perks. The company really cares about employees. Lot of opportunities for leadership roles. Easy switch to different teams. They are getting bigger every year, so it's exciting to be a part of the growth.

Cons: The review process is too elaborate. The stakeholder plan is a major part of salary; without it, the salary looks just average.

Good People, Limited Growth

Applications Support Engineer • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

August 29, 2020

Pros: Good working environment and helpful people.

Cons: not enough opportunity to grow

Good People, Limited Growth

Applications Support Engineer • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

August 29, 2020

Pros: Good working environment and helpful people.

Cons: not enough opportunity to grow

Great company with sound principles

Applications Support Engineer • Current Employee

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Challenging and exciting environment, full of smart people extremely passionate about their jobs. The company is based on solid principles; nothing is left to chance, from the internal organization to the development of the software. Possibility of working on different things and acquiring domain knowledge from different fields.

Cons: After six months, I can hardly say there are any cons. Probably the salary (compared to other software companies) is the biggest con one can expect.

5.0
Great company with sound principles
Applications Support Engineer • Current Employee
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
June 4, 2014
Pros: Challenging and exciting environment, full of smart people extremely passionate about their jobs. The company is based on solid principles; nothing is left to chance, from the internal organization to the development of the software. Possibility of working on different things and acquiring domain knowledge from different fields.
Cons: After six months, I can hardly say there are any cons. Probably the salary (compared to other software companies) is the biggest con one can expect.

Amazing people, great work atmosphere, awesome perks

Applications Support Engineer • Current Employee

Natick, Massachusetts, United States

August 21, 2014

Pros: Very friendly and supportive co-workers. Awesome perks. The company really cares about employees. Lot of opportunities for leadership roles. Easy switch to different teams. They are getting bigger every year, so it's exciting to be a part of the growth.

Cons: The review process is too elaborate. The stakeholder plan is a major part of salary; without it, the salary looks just average.

5.0
Amazing people, great work atmosphere, awesome perks
Applications Support Engineer • Current Employee
Natick, Massachusetts, United States
August 21, 2014
Pros: Very friendly and supportive co-workers. Awesome perks. The company really cares about employees. Lot of opportunities for leadership roles. Easy switch to different teams. They are getting bigger every year, so it's exciting to be a part of the growth.
Cons: The review process is too elaborate. The stakeholder plan is a major part of salary; without it, the salary looks just average.

Good People, Limited Growth

Applications Support Engineer • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

August 29, 2020

Pros: Good working environment and helpful people.

Cons: not enough opportunity to grow

4.0
Good People, Limited Growth
Applications Support Engineer • Former Employee
Hyderābād, Telangana, India
August 29, 2020
Pros: Good working environment and helpful people.
Cons: not enough opportunity to grow

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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