Philips Recruitment Process

This article will give you information about the company, its recruitment process, sample questions that have been asked previously, lots of experiences shared by other aspirants, and the portal where you can apply.

About Company:

Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Philips, stylized as PHILIPS) is a Dutch technology company headquartered in Amsterdam with primary divisions focused on the areas of electronics, healthcare, and lighting. It was founded in Eindhoven in 1891, by Gerard Philips and his father Frederik. It is one of the largest electronics companies in the world and employs around 105,000 people across more than 60 countries.

In 2017, Philips was placed at rank #375 in the Fortune Global 500 list. Philips is placed at #42 in Forbes’ list of Top Multinational Performers, #340 in Forbes’ World’s Best Employer List, #313 in Forbes’ Global 2000 list, and #90 in Forbes’ World’s Most Valuable Brands.

Recruitment Process:

Philips conducts 3 rounds to select freshers as Software Engineers in their organization.

• Online Round
• Technical Round
• HR Round

Academic Criteria:

• 70 percent or above in B.Tech, Class X and XII.
• No backlogs at the time of the interview

Written Round:

The Written round consists of four major sections namely – English, Computer Science subjects, Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative. The computer Ability section had questions related to Data Structures, C output, DBMS, and OOP concepts. Quant, Logical Reasoning, and English can be prepared from our Placement Section.

Technical Round and HR Round:

The students who clear the written round are called for a Technical Interview. There is no hard & fast rule for which questions will be asked in this round, you can expect questions on any topic depending on the panel. To clear this round you should be clear with your basics. You should be prepared with Data structures and Algorithms, DBMS, Operating Systems, Networking, OOP concepts, and a programming language of your choice. Students from branches other than CS should prepare for the other two subjects related to their branch. CS students will be expected to write codes in the interview. They also ask questions about resumes. You may be asked puzzles in this round.

HR Round:

In this round HR questions like:

1. Why job, not M.Tech, MBA.?
2. How do you see yourself after five years from now?
3. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
4. 6. what makes you different from others
5. Questions form resume

Interview Experiences:

It is always beneficial if you know what it is to be there at that moment. So, to give you an advantage, we provide you with the Interview Experiences of candidates who have been in your situation earlier. Make the most of it.

• Philips Interview Experiences

Questions Asked in Philips:

1. Factorials of large numbers,
2. Diameter of Binary Tree (Function Problem)
3. How processes are mapped from disk to memory?
4. Explain briefly difference between different address binding methods.

Where to Apply?

• Philips careers
• Philips Official Website