Software Development Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at MathWorks with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 36% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 13 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at MathWorks overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at MathWorks as a Software Development Engineer according to 13 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 38%
Presentation: 25%
Drug test: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
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It was a technical interview and contain 2 questions, mainly medium level. But it was fairly doable and takes time to comprehend. But interviewer can explain the prompt to you.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at MathWorks (Cambridge, England) in Jan 2022
Interview
There were 3 stages:
- Technical interview (1 hour) where they tested mathematics and computing knowledge
- Behavioral interview (1 hour) whit questions on your CV
- HR interview (20 mins) concerning logistics matters
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Compute function for Fourier series using different methods and compare computation time for different solutions
coding interview 2 coding Questions + 15 MCQ's
Coding only in C,C++,Java
Test conducted on Hacker rank. Dynamic programming and basic DSA / Algo were tested. C++ requires knowledge of STL
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Given a sequence of binary numbers (0, 1) of size ‘n’ in which every 0 represent a decrement to the sum and every 1 represents the increment to the sum. You have to find the minimum possible value of ‘k’ such that the sum of the first ‘k’ elements is greater than the sum of remaining elements.
The initial sum for both the half is 0.
Eg.
given sequence – 101011
The minimum possible value of k – 6
given sequence – 1001001
The minimum possible value of k – 0