I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Philips (Monroeville, PA) in May 2015
Interview
The interview process itself was very efficient and well organized. It started with a phone screen with the development manager, then two team members, and finally an on-site interview. I was very impressed with the team, and I believe the feeling was mutual since I got an offer within an hour of the interview. I was ready to accept the offer, but here's when things went south:
At the time I was on an OPT visa and Philips promised to sponsor me for an H1-B application (it was mentioned in the offer letter as well). Right before accepting the offer, a friend of mine told me that Philips doesn't hire foreign nationals of certain countries. This went against the fact that Philips is an Equal Opportunity Employer (as advertised in the job description), which entitles the company to not discriminate against country of origin. Just to be safe however, I decided to send the HR an email respectfully asking if there were any restrictions related to my country of origin. She responded to the email and wanted me to call her immediately on her phone. When I did that, she told me that unfortunately Philips cannot hire or sponsor me due to my country of origin and that she was going to take the offer back. I'd imagine the reason the wanted me to call her rather than respond over email was because she didn't want it to be easily traceable, which could potentially cause legal issues since in reality they were breaking the law. Smart move Philips.
The worst part is that I had already declined another offer and wasn't able to get it back. In the future, if you're going to break the law, please at least try to be more discreet about it and try to determine the country of origin of the candidate before giving them an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Reverse a string without using a built-in function
- Write unit tests for a piece of code that's written by another team member
One round of telephonic interview was done by some junior HR person. They asked basic question about where i live and how will i commute. No technical questions or anything from my resume.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Where do you live in Bangalore? Can you commute to our new location/
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Philips (Best) in Mar 2026
Interview
I would not recommend applying for internal/direct positions at the moment if you do not want to waste your time. Based on my experience, I am not convinced that they are actively hiring for these roles.
I applied for two different positions with about a two-month gap between them. In both cases, I went through interviews but was ultimately rejected. For one position, I was told I was rejected because I did not have sufficient leadership skills for a leadership role. For the other, which was an engineering role, I was rejected because I had too much leadership experience. The reasoning was quite confusing.
At the same time, the same roles were open for contractors as well, which makes me wonder if the intention was primarily to hire contractors rather than internal employees. It is unclear why the positions were also advertised for direct hires.
The interview process itself was also disappointing. The questions were very basic, communication with HR was slow (responses often took 3–6 days), and scheduling interviews was difficult. They were not able to provide flexible time slots for interviews.
Overall, based on this experience, I would recommend carefully considering whether it is worth investing time in this process.
It was a on campus recruitment drive in college ,
First there was an online assessment followed by two technical rounds and one HR round
The technical rounds were mostly dsa and sql oriented
It was pretty straightforward
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interviewer asked me basic java question.. first he asked me a dsa question then moved to java and asked me what public static void means and how it works