I applied online. I interviewed at MathWorks in Oct 2015
Interview
I applied two times in last one year, for Bangalore position. My resume got shortlisted two times. In both cases I got email from hiring manager that he wants to have discussion with me and then he went sleep and never called me again. In both cases, I got reply that I am not able to pass first interview and they never replied toy mail again. Sre mathworks HM and HR crazy...twice they rejected me on first round of interview when I had not given any interview to them
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Question 1
no question...just rejection even without single call/interview round even after shortlisting resume
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at MathWorks (Natick, MA)
Interview
Phone screen with HR representative was followed by phone screen with hiring manager and then was invited for an on-site interview. The interview was average difficulty. The process is very slow compared to other companies.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at MathWorks (Natick, MA) in Jul 2014
Interview
I was referred internally by a Mathworker. The overall process took about 3 weeks. I got a short phone talk with a manager first and scheduled the on-site 2 weeks later. First, it started off with a morning presentation about my PhD research, followed with 5 rounds of technical interview. The entire team was all PhD grads so the questions were more or less research orientated. Less coding challenges, unlike Google or Facebook, where their focus was coding ability.
In general, the Mathworks' interviewers are more concerned about your talents, and potentials to grow (unless you are a very experienced candidate with 10+ year working history). So, prepare less on the technical details (e.g. how constructor works, or traverse a tree or even design pattern details), but focus on how you present yourself as a problem attacker who not only solvers questions but proposes new questions that aren't there before.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They didn't ask too many challenging questions since I did my intern there before. Basic C++ questions. No whiteboard coding even.