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Applications Support Engineer Interview Experience

September 1, 2017
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Process

1st Round: HR Questions

Questions asked:

  1. Describe yourself.
  2. How does your background make you a suitable candidate?
  3. Visa status and date of graduation.
  4. What do you know about the role? Why MathWorks?

2nd Round: HackerRank Questions

After this, I received an email to complete the HackerRank test within 7 days. I selected Java and Python out of 5 languages. The maths section is important.

3rd Round: Phone Interview

Questions

Maths (5 - 6 questions): (15-20 minutes)

Q. Going from one street to another, what is the maximum probability of dropping a packet in between?

JAVA (30 minutes): 2 coding questions:

  1. Stack parenthesis balancing
  2. Some recursion problem

MCQs:

  1. On synchronized block, efficiency of two functions
  2. JVM garbage collector

Python: 2 coding questions:

MCQ:

  1. On inheritance
  2. Super

Synchronized, thread questions

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 957 interview experiences for the MathWorks Applications Support Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

14%
Pass Rate

MathWorks's interview process for their Applications Support Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive47%
Neutral44%
Negative9%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for MathWorks's Applications Support Engineer interview process in United States.

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