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Software Engineer Intern Interview Experience

February 6, 2014
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The company attended my university's career fair, and I applied through that channel.

The initial phone screening was with HR, a completely behavioral interview conducted by an HR representative.

The second phone interview was entirely technical. My interviewer was a software engineer currently working at Mathworks. A lot of questions were asked in a rapid-fire manner, covering basic computer science concepts. Be prepared for numerous questions during this phase. Some examples I recall include converting between finite state machines and the Big O notation of several sorting algorithms.

The third interview was a mix of behavioral and technical questions. This interviewer was a technical recruiter. I was stumped by an Object-Oriented Design (OOD) question during this phase. It was unexpected, and my interviewer presented it as a brainteaser.

Overall, the interview process was good.

Questions

You have a bunch of coins in your pocket. You drop them all on the floor. Assume all the coins add up to a dollar. How would you design this problem and calculate the probability that if you pick up a random coin, it is a penny.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 10 interview experiences for the MathWorks Software Engineer Intern role in United States.

Success Rate

30%
Pass Rate

MathWorks's interview process for their Software Engineer Intern roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive80%
Neutral20%
Negative0%

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

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