I applied online. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at MathWorks (Natick, MA) in Oct 2016
Interview
Very time consuming, they string you along for no matter how long. Even when they know they arent going to hire you. Just because their primary candidate isnt yet sure about joining/ coming for onsite.
I had 5 phone screens/interviews with 4 different people, I felt all of them went fine until they sent me a reject just when I felt I was going to get a call for onsite.
But then I would gladly go through this pain again just for the chance to work at this wonderful place.
1) Applied online, got a call from a team member in technical writing department
2) HR phone screen, visa status and basic hr questions
3) Technical Interview with developer
4) interview with Team lead of the dept you are applying to.
All of them seemed nice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a project you did and how did you document it?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at MathWorks in Feb 2013
Interview
The Interview process was as follows -
1. The recruiter contacted me through email and told me to send some writing samples. Eg. Technical paper, thesis, book etc
2. After that there was a HR interview.
3. Later I was contacted by one of the members in the Control Systems documentation team and we spoke about what writing experience I had.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at MathWorks (Natick, MA) in Aug 2009
Interview
Very long interview process:
1. Phone screen with HR
2. MATLAB project: write a help file for a specific matrix operation
3. Phone screen with hiring manager
4. Phone Screen with hiring manager and affiliated manager
5. In person interview: all day, starts with 45 minute presentation on who you are and why you are qualified for the job.
6. Background and reference checks
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe how you would code a Fibonacci series (not actually unexpected, pretty standard)