Philips Research and Development Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers

Skills: Algorithms And Data Structures, Coding Skills
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Thanks for letting my resume through even when I submitted it half an hour after the deadline :)

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Smoothly conducted; no complaints about the organization of the event. (Though Samsung could have done better than keep that "structured GD" which wasn't even a GD :D)

General Tips: Don't sweat it if your resume isn't very illustrious. Some basic projects and maybe experience at some startup would be enough for the resume shortlist (that was all I had, pretty much). The aptitude test has many questions but just try to attempt as many as you can in a relaxed manner. The coding test is peace - review basic algorithms (very basic, not even to graphs/linked lists level). And for the GD just stay calm and even if you can't form a well-rounded speech quickly, just mention your salient features. They will get back to you as they do another round through the people in the room. So just stay calm and think during the GD. You don't need to be a Hitler-level speaker to clear this (believe me, I'm far from it :) ). They take many people so don't worry too much about competition either. All the best :)
Skills: Communication, Aptitude, Basic C/C++
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I was looking for a CS-based profile but in my heart I preferred one that didn't involve IT (I did apply for those too, for backup). So RnD profiles like Samsung and Adobe fit the bill nicely; I didn't get selected for Adobe though, and people do say that their RnD is better. No way to know, right? :D
Funny Moments: Technically I shouldn't say things about the applicants who took the GD with me (some of them did get through in fact), but I simply have to mention the types of problems and resolutions that were talked about in the "structured GD" - using satellite images to identify and combat poverty, seriously?
And the moderator totally dissed the last guy who talked (out of his turn actually, when everyone was about to leave) - she didn't care about his speech and cut him short saying "let's give you seed money, maybe you'll build a business" !

Round: Test
Experience: it was smooth and easy
Duration: 180 minutes
Total Questions: 1

General Tips: Be calm and rock on.
Skills: C Programming
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Pranav Mistry
Funny Moments: The HR jokingly asked about what I think has happened to the TN CM J.Jayalalithaa

Round: Test
Experience: A question related to the movement of pieces on a chess board was given.Easy question.Naive implementation gave me full marks.
Tips: Always try the naive implementation and then try to optimize the solution.
Duration: 180 minutes
Total Questions: 1

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I only gave the definitions. Didnot know much about usage.
The Linked List questions were pretty standard and easy to answer.
Tips: Understand various datatypes in C syntax.
Make sure you are well versed with what you did in your projects.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Aced it.

Tips: Make sure you describe yourself confidently. DONOT STAMMER. Make sure you let them know that you know how great a company Samsung is.

General Tips: Data structures and Algorithms.......again!!
Very important.
Skill Tips: Data structures and algorithms is the most important topic tested.
Skills: Graph Theory, Algorithms And Data Structures, C Programming
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: To be honest....my only option.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I explained every details regarding each of my projects.
Tips: Be Honest And Be enthusiastic when explaining your projects. They look for your spark & excitement when explaining your technical knowledge

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Again Be honest, Go through the company's profile before the interview. Explain why you do not want to go for higherstudies .
Tips: If you get to HR round, then mostly you are selected

College Name: IIT Madras

Round: Test
Experience: Time management is what is checked. Easy questions relatively.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 60

General Tips: Be confident. Do averagely well and it
Skills: Quant+Math
Duration: 8
College Name: IIT Madras

Round: Test
Experience: There will be 60 aptitude questions consisting of English and Quant. Duration is 60 minutes. Questions are of basic level but may take time. It all comes down to time management.

There are three coding questions for 60 minutes based on DP, etc. Questions are not too tough. Doing atleast two should be easy for many.
Tips: Solve English questions first in Section-1.
Duration: 120 minutes
Total Questions: 63

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: You will be given a topic and five minutes to think about it. Then students are randomly asked to talk about their ideas for 3-4 minutes. Recruit crew will ask you questions as you go. There will be no debating, etc.
Tips: Try using some Comp Science terms to make them impress.
Duration: 30 minutes

Skills: Group Discussion Skills, Coding Skills And Knowledge On Data Structures, Aptitude
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: It's a reputed company on a global scale.

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Being from CS department even though CG is LESS i got through it.
Tips: Here Only CG matters..i don't say that it should be too good...but it should be atleast meeting the minimum requirements.

Round: Test
Experience: The questions were very good....I loved to spend time on some of these questions
Tips: Having experience in writing aptitude test will give an edge...but dont worry even if you doesn't have any experience its ok.The Trick is how you mange your Time.Accuracy counts.So Be in a search for the Next Easiest Question.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 60

Round: Test
Experience: The questions were not too tough algorithamically.I got the First question in less than 5 minutes but the next two i got compilation errors.
Tips: first check all the questions and find which is easy and try attempting it in the order of ease. Doing 2 of 3 Correctly will Guarantee you a pass to the next round.
Duration: 60 MINUTES minutes
Total Questions: 3

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Being My First GD it looked to me as a New Experience.I have Just said how it relates to me and added if it helped an Induvidual like me then I definitely believe that it had done a lot to the world.(said both YES and NO)Thats it!!!!!!!!!!!
Tips: Don't Focus on how many point you have to say but Saying the points which are sharp and have a relation to Yourself or a real world induvidual would help.DON'T PANIC.BE COOL.
Duration: 30 minutes minutes

General Tips: DON'T feel BAD if you have a low CG when compared to others.JUST BELIEVE in YOURSELF and GOD will definitely help you.THE key is whatever is you might do just go and GIVE YOUR BEST.
Skill Tips: Experience helps!!!!But MORE than that TIME "COUNTS"
Skills: Verbal Ability, Data Interpretation, General Aptitude
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: HIGH REPUTATION COMPANY,STUDENT FRIENDLY COMPANY,World Class company & Stipend.