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Philips Interview Experience | Set 2 (On-Campus for Software Engineer)

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Philips Came For Campus in our Institute CV Shortlisting. First Round: 1) English :- 25 questions (25 min) 2) Computer Ability :- 25 questions (35 min) 3) Reasoning :- 1...

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Philips Came For Campus in our Institute CV Shortlisting. First Round: 1) English :- 25 questions (25 min) 2) Computer Ability :- 25 questions (35 min) 3) Reasoning :- 16 questions (15 min) 4) Quantitative :- 14 questions (15 min) 18 Short-listed For Interview among 36:- Second Round(Technical): 1. Tell me about yourself? 2 .He asked What are your Favourate Subjects?( I Said DS,OS,DBMS,STL In C++,PYTHON). But started With Network Questions. 3. what are the layers in OSI models? 4. what are protocols? 5. In which layer we parse a string? 6. What is Ping? 7. Asked About all Layers. 8. Did u do online coding,tell me your handle? 9. Missing no. find out with decreasing order sorting? https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dsa/find-the-missing-number/ Solved With STL and he asked optimise it so Removed 1 Loop and Told Him XOR method.(He Said :- Very Interesting) 10. What are Semaphores in Operating Systems? 11. Tell Me About What Types Of Algorithms U used In Online Coding? I was Expecting More Coding Questions But he asked only 1. 12.Solve a puzzle:- https://www.programmerinterview.com/puzzles/2-eggs-100-floors-puzzle/ Final question It was.It Was Very Basic For me And Answered All Questions perfectly.Selected For Hr Round. Third and final round (HR):- 1. Tell Me About Your Background? 2. Which Movie Did u see Recently?(I said Yesterday Transcendence And 2 Weeks Ago Intersteller). 3. Tell me the story?(I explained the story). 4. What are your strengths and weaknesses? 5. Why u Want to Join Philips? 6. He asked what times it takes from Your place to Your College?(I said 8-9 hours). 7. How MUCH Distance? (i said Around 500 km). 8. So How many Times U goes Home?(I said in flow that Yearly 3-4 Times). 9. He Was surprised And Said Means in 4 years U went home 15-16 Times? (I Didn't Know that It was negative point for me and i Said "Around Yes"(But Really I didn't go 15-16 times). (Its reason for rejection and Second Time For me when I didn't handle Hr question).

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This is a candidate experience report from a philips interview for a data science role during the recruiter round reported in 2025.

It covers the following topics: Strings, Sorting, Sql, Os, Bit Manipulation .

Difficulty rating: Easy