Applications Support Engineer Interview Experience - Natick, Massachusetts
Process
Had a phone screening first, covering basic behavioral questions about dealing with multiple tasks and why I chose this job.
Next, a technical phone interview lasted 54 minutes and covered control theory, C++, MATLAB, and mathematics.
An on-site interview was arranged two weeks later. It included a technical interview of about 2 hours, and meetings with the hiring manager and HR manager. I was also taken out for lunch at the headquarters with two other engineers.
Two days later, I was informed to move on to the background and reference checks. I received the offer a week later.
Questions
Given a state space matrix, to get the transfer function of the system, provide a sorting code.
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MathWorks Work Experiences
- 4.0A good place to workApplications Support Engineer • Current EmployeeNatick, Massachusetts, United StatesJune 3, 2015Pros: It has a good work culture.Cons: It pays a very low salary.
- 5.0Great Space, Friendly MateApplications Support Engineer • Current EmployeeNatick, Massachusetts, United StatesApril 12, 2017Pros: Nice working space, nice workmate.Cons: Nothing to share. It was good.
- 1.0Not as advertisedApplications Support Engineer • Former EmployeeNatick, Massachusetts, United StatesFebruary 25, 2015Pros: Work with smart people. Challenging, exciting work that varies day to day. Many opportunities to get "training". You do not have to decide on a career until after you work here for a while, so there is flexibility. Career opportunities, though not as many as advertised during the hiring process, they are still there.Cons: Management for the "Engineering Development Group" should not be managing a development group. They are basically technical support managers, and generally good at that, but do not have any clear mandate to focus at all on the non-support side of this group. This is clear as they continually make decisions that sacrifice engineers' long-term career development at MathWorks for short-term technical support goals. The work culture of the Engineering Development Group is not in line with the principles and values of the rest of the company. The dual demand for our time, coupled with homework assignments (yes, there is homework in EDG), routinely makes working after work hours or on the weekends necessary. The common complaint for this position is simply that the 50/50 support/project time split, which is repeated all throughout the hiring process and at career fairs, is simply not true. 70/30 is more accurate.
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