I applied for the Software Technologist (C++ Technology) role through Philips’ job openings. I was shortlisted and attended the first round of interviews, which went very well. I answered all the questions asked and successfully solved the coding problems provided by the interviewer. Overall, the interview experience itself was positive. One of the best interview. However, after the interview, there is no further communication from the recruitment team. Despite multiple follow-up calls and emails to HR, I did not receive any response. Even now, the application status remains “Under Business Review” for a prolonged period. I find it disappointing that candidates are not informed about the outcome of their interviews. If there is no requirement or if a candidate is not selected, it would be professional and respectful to communicate that clearly. A lack of response leaves candidates confused and uncertain about where they stand. This experience was particularly disheartening because I have always held Philips in high regard, and it was one of my dream companies to work for. Unfortunately, this lack of transparency and communication has negatively impacted that perception.

2 technical. 1st full of coding using ds concepts. 2nd full of architecture questions. 3rd manager round. Full of scenario based. 4th HR round. Entire process completed in 3 days and got offer within 5 days.

It was a virtual interview that happened on Teams. The interview was for .NET technology. It was a two-member interview panel. A gentleman and a lady. Not sure why they needed two people on the call. Because the lady did not ask even a single question. Now, the guy started the interview. By his tone and selection of words, it seemed like he is a very aggressive person and had come only to reject people. Below are the proofs of my hypothesis. He asked me about my engineering college and then exclaimed - "How did you get into that college?". I was startled. How can somebody ask you such questions? Now let's go the interview questions. He asked about Encapsulation and Abstraction. I answered how Abstraction is only a concept and achieved in C#. I gave him a .NET framework example of a Color where input is abstracted to RGB. After that answer, he got pissed off. God knows why? His next question was "I have a Windows forms application. I need to render this Winforms application to 4K. How to do that?" So I explained to him about docking and anchoring. What else can you say! (giggle) His reply was - "No, that is not the answer" I started to think. How can somebody expect me to work on such a use case? Even if I had worked on such kind of scenario. I would have forgotten and may have to Goggle to find clues. For his above reply - "I said. No, I haven't worked on this particular use-case" Next question - "Have you used threading in Winforms?" I answered - "Yes. I am currently using Asynchronous methods. We use BeginGetData and EndGetData. Because we are currently using .NET Framework 3.5 for the UI". For this he started laughing and asked - "Which version of Visual Studio are using?" and I replied - "Visual Studio 2015". "Are you using 2015 in 2021?" was his reply. I was a little upset with his comment. Just five years ago, I had to work on a project that used Visual Studio 2008. There are still some legacy systems that use VS 2008. In most Winform projects the management does not see value in upgrading. That is why they continue to use Winforms in the first place. I started answering his question. I explained to him Begin and End methods then moved on to TPL. As I was explaining Task.ContinueWith he stopped and asked why are you switching frameworks. If you have worked on the Asynchronous Programming method then speak only about that. By now, I understood that this fellow is a hater. He never even asked about my project, any architectural patterns used, or even any design patterns. His only intention was to question WinForms and things that only he knew. In the end, he asked his co-interviewer, the lady who was quiet all the time if she wanted to ask any questions. Her reply was a "No". I was like why are you sitting in the interview. If you are so busy on weekends then why volunteer to take interviews? Finally, I got an opportunity to ask a question. So I asked - "If I am ever selected. Then on what technology I will be working on". The guy says "WPF" ROFL. No questions asked on WPF. Here is my suggestion to people attending interviews in Philips. Never agree to a weekend drive and do not attend an interview that is scheduled in the morning Always ask for weekday interviews and keep the interview between 11 AM and 3 PM