I applied online and received an email for an HR interview in about a week.

Then came a technical interview.

The first interview consisted of basic questions, such as:

• Why MathWorks?
• Why this position?
• Visa status and OPT/CPT.

(All questions posted here.)

The second interview was divided into four parts:

1. Math
2. MATLAB
3. Programming (choose a language like C, C++, Java, or Python – C++ or Java recommended)
4. One of the following areas: Signal Processing, Control Systems, or Embedded Systems.

I chose Embedded Systems. The interview went really well, except for the C++ part. I'm a bit rusty, and despite having prepared, there were quite a few questions that I messed up.

Very important: Learn the basics like pointers and virtual functions.

I have been out of practice, and that was what cost me this opportunity. The interviewer was really nice, but I wouldn't have called myself back after that.

So, hopefully, you know which of the above areas you need to work on. Target that first and then move on to the rest.

Good luck!

RTOS, scheduling policies, priority inversion, its solution, code snippets. Guess the output.

MATLAB syntax like @, :, etc.

Not a lot of math, at least nothing that stands out.