Brief. HR was generally very professional cooperative but I noticed some communication issues with other candidates regarding interview timing/scheduling. At my interview location, one applicant said there was a mistake with interview time slot selection.

Philips in-house recruiter reached out to me on LinkedIn. I had a 30 min technical interview with him. This was followed by a 15 min interview with General HR who then setup an onsite interview. Everything very professional to this point. My interview was with 4 people at the same time, slotted for 45 mins total. People were a Director, 2 Sr. Managers, and a QA peer level. 45 min interview reduced by 10 mins by walk to conference room and 2 late arrivals. They asked me questions for all but last 5 mins. Then it was what can we answer for you but we need to leave on time for a meeting. Then no word afterwards, despite stating on their own website – “If you’re not selected for the position, your recruiter will share this information with you as a professional courtesy and in acknowledgement of your time and interest in Philips.” Total BS. I have no qualms with not being a fit, but this was just truly unprofessional. I don’t know why they bothered to bring me onsite (and I wasted a vacation day for it, too).

It was just one hour long technical and competency-based interview with two people. This included a 20 minute paper-based test which required writing test scripts based on a screenshot of a website. I was also asked a series of technical questions about automated and manual testing, test coverage and Agile Methodology. The entire interview process was quite fast and informal.