I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at MathWorks (Natick, MA) in July 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.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at MathWorks (Cambridge, England) in Oct 2024
Interview
Full day interview:
1) prepare a 45 minutes presentation about myself and focus on one relevant project I have been working on
2) series of 1:1 tech interview on different topics
Talk with manager
Talk with colledge.
coding like leetcode.
c++ knowledge
talk with HR and manager again.
talk with HR about offer and every detail
then accpte offer, you have three days to consider it.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at MathWorks in Dec 2022
Interview
The application process started with an initial call from the person leading the team I'd be deployed in. There were some technical questions C++, but the chat was mostly about the work they do and guageing my experience. Then there was an HR interview to check my right to work status, salary expectations, etc. Finally, there was a whole day on-site interview where I was asked to prepare a 45min presentation on a problem/project I've been involved in, highlighting the problem and how I ended executing the project. This was followed by around 4 hours of technical interviews from the team and another HR interview. The technical interviews weren't overly complicated and the discussions were pleasant enough. Final verdict is that the on-site was quite long and exhausting, but I had a good time overall. Having to prepare a 45min presentation was a bit annoying through.