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Philips Research and Development Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 18 Mar 2016

Philips Research and Development Interview Experiences

2 interviews found

I applied via campus placement at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. The questions were simple and 'Get to know you types'
  • Q2. As my minor was nano, he drilled me on the concepts concerning medical applications of the same
  • Q3. If I had to propose a project, what would it be?
  • Ans. 

    Develop a sustainable energy source for rural areas

    • Research and develop a low-cost renewable energy solution

    • Test and refine the solution in a rural area

    • Partner with local organizations to implement and maintain the solution

    • Provide training and education to the community on the use and maintenance of the solution

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. What does Philips HIC do?

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I believe that they were looking bio-products design. I had not worked in that field myself but had some courses and experiences in startups which revolved around the same. I made sure my resume emphasized these points.
Tips: Simply put, make sure you are what they are looking for for their profile. Don't write something false but make sure you know how to modify the truth to fit their interest

Round: HR Interview
Experience: I have sweat as much in my entire life as I did in that air-conditioned interview room. The interview was through Skype. I made sure that I never gave up on the point that I had made the base for my pitch - 'Openness and ability to form new innovative idea'. I made sure that in every question, I was able to bring out this point and also show him my other qualities complemented the same. At the end I think that it was my confidence that did the trick.
Tips: Make sure your body language and voice shows your confidence in what you are saying and make sure you pitch your strengths as often as possible revolving around what they might be requiring you to do at the internship.

Skill Tips: Just try and make sure you send out the signals which make them realize you have the ability to work across domains using the specialized knowledge you have in your area of expertise. You need to show them that you can use your knowledge base creatively to solve some issue they might be working on at that time.
Skills: Creative Thinking
Duration: -
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: The main reason I wanted this was that this had both the ingredients that I wanted for an internship, Research and Development as Profile and an industry exposure in a company like Philips.

Research and Development Interview Questions & Answers

user image Bhagyesh Chaturvedi

posted on 17 Mar 2016

I applied via campus placement at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. Introduce yourself
  • Ans. 

    I am a research and development professional with expertise in various fields.

    • I have a PhD in Chemistry and have worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 5 years.

    • I have experience in developing new products and improving existing ones.

    • I am skilled in project management and have led teams of up to 10 people.

    • I am passionate about innovation and finding solutions to complex problems.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What are your interests?
  • Ans. 

    I am interested in exploring new technologies and their applications in various fields.

    • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

    • Internet of Things

    • Blockchain Technology

    • Virtual and Augmented Reality

    • Robotics and Automation

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What do you know about Philips Healthcare?

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Decent experience, mainly talked about my projects. No technical questions were asked.
Tips: Read up a little bit about the company and the sort of projects they have. Try to show them how the projects you have done align well with the work they do at Philips HIC.

Skills:
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

One coding question from dynamic programming

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Segment tree maximum/minimum
  • Q2. Binary lifting ancestors problem
  • Ans. 

    Binary lifting ancestors problem involves finding the k-th ancestor of a node in a binary tree efficiently.

    • Binary lifting is a technique used to find ancestors in a binary tree.

    • It involves precomputing the ancestors of each node using dynamic programming.

    • The k-th ancestor of a node can be found by repeatedly jumping up the tree in powers of 2.

    • Example: Given a binary tree with nodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, the 2nd ancestor

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Q2. Why we hire you?

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
-

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Segment tree questions and dp questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. 2 dp questions 1 puzzle oops concepts in depth and operating system in depth and code of operating system
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Dp questions system design project operating system
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Hr was very strict . It's very hard round and making situation hard

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Focus on operating system , system design, oops, dp graph
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Nov 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

C++ basic and advance level

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Advance DSA questions
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. AI related tech discussion

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Leading edge tech company managed by highly experienced tech professional promoters & working in AI & deep tech areas encompassing smart manufacturing domain
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

One coding question from dynamic programming

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Segment tree maximum/minimum
  • Q2. Binary lifting ancestors problem
  • Ans. 

    Binary lifting ancestors problem involves finding the k-th ancestor of a node in a binary tree efficiently.

    • Binary lifting is a technique used to find ancestors in a binary tree.

    • It involves precomputing the ancestors of each node using dynamic programming.

    • The k-th ancestor of a node can be found by repeatedly jumping up the tree in powers of 2.

    • Example: Given a binary tree with nodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, the 2nd ancestor

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Q2. Why we hire you?

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
-

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Segment tree questions and dp questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. 2 dp questions 1 puzzle oops concepts in depth and operating system in depth and code of operating system
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Dp questions system design project operating system
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Hr was very strict . It's very hard round and making situation hard

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Focus on operating system , system design, oops, dp graph
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Feb 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself.
  • Ans. This is the universal question asked at the very first of any interview. It sounds easy, right? But this is the most important question where the candidates fail to create an impression with the interviewer as most of the time they are not aware of what exactly needs to be said.
  • Answered by Anjali Verma
  • Q2. Why do you want to work for our company?
  • Ans. Another popular question asked by the interviewer to make sure that the candidate has understood the job requirements and help the interviewer understand the reason behind choosing their company for that job. You should answer in such a way that the interviewer gets convinced that you are a great fit for the role.
  • Answered by Anjali Verma

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Finding a job is easier said than done. While you may know to submit a professional résumé, write a thoughtful cover letter and practice before an interview, sometimes you still don't get the job.

I applied via campus placement at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai and was interviewed in Jan 2018. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. I did not have to attend this round

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Software Competency Test for 3-4 hrs. One question on checking if a graph is bipartite. The solution must pass all 20 test cases and the number of submissions of limited to 10.

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Technical group discussion for 30min.

The selected students were split into groups of 5 and a senior member from Samsung led the group. We were given a sheet of paper explaining the problem statement. We were given 5-10 min to come up with a solution. After that, we were asked to discuss our solution one by one.

Topic: Machine Learning

Problem: Recovering data from corrupted database

Consider a database of students in a college. The various fields in the database are roll no, name, gender, age and hobbies(hobby1, hobby2, hobby3

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