MathWorks·Software Engineer

MathWorks Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My technical round started with a resume deep dive that went pretty long, around 25 minutes, where I had to justify my decisions and go into details rather than give a surface-level overview.

After that, the interviewer moved into two LeetCode-style questions.

The first problem was straightforward to tackle and I handled it well, but the second one was more challenging and needed more careful thinking. I remember that second question involved using a priority queue structure like a heap, and the flow of the discussion focused on my reasoning, not just getting to a correct answer. The interview also turned into a project-based conversation where we connected the problems back to what I’d worked on.

Difficulty-wise it felt average overall, but the resume part demanded more

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