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General Manager - Marketing at Philips Electronics
Accepted Offer – Reviewed May 12, 2013 New
Interview Details This offer came to me via a consultant. The interview was with the hiring manager himself. He spent a disproportionate amount of time on explaining the role and the operations and he expected me to ask him questions along the way. This 45 min dialogue culminated in him asking me if i was interested in the role and the interivew started. Post this, there was only a HR round.
Interview Question – What if you had to offer a bribe to bag a big tender Answer Question
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Researcher at Philips Electronics
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Apr 26, 2013
Interview Details
The interview process was really smooth. Was invited for a full day of interviews with people from different backgrounds and functions. People at the same level as the one i was applying for. My prospective manager, and the boss of my manager. Everyone was friendly and helpful. They were interested not only about my professional career but also about my cultural background and personal experience. This was extremely helpful to be more relaxed.
Got contacted within two days after the interview about the decision. It was a very fast process.
Interview Question – Describe a recent conflicting situation in your workplace and the way you managed it. Answer Question
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Director at Philips Electronics
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Atlanta, GA (US) – Reviewed Apr 11, 2013
Interview Details Was contacted by a recruiter - started with a phone interview and was moved to face to face after initial screening. Questions were pretty high level - mostly salary requirements, availability for start date. Don't believe any references being checked but they were requested.
Interview Question – Don't recall any difficult question. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – no negotiation
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Senior Researcher at Philips Electronics
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Shanghai, Shanghai (China) May 2011 – Reviewed Apr 04, 2013
Interview Details
One face to face interview (informal) followed by 2 video conference interviews in the Shanghai office.
Interviewed by very high level HR and management staff. The questions were very predictable and easy to answer.
It was difficult to prepare because no job description was provided (despite asking several times) [ I was referred to the position by someone in the company]
Interview Question – How I would evaluate someone using a hair dryer? Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Very tough, you need to be sure of what you are entitled to, what you need to live on and what you will need in the long term.
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Search Marketing Manager at Philips Electronics
No Offer – Interviewed in Andover, MA (US) Apr 2011 – Reviewed Mar 25, 2013
Interview Details The interview was in their Massachusetts complex at andover. The buildings are non descript gray buildings. The interviews was well organized and they were on time to take me up stairs and have 2 interviews with the hiring manager and a co worker.
Interview Question – How would you interface with our Dutch head office when X happens? Answer Question
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Research Scientist at Philips Electronics
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Eindhoven (Netherlands) Dec 2010 – Reviewed Mar 06, 2013
Interview Details smooth
Interview Question – what if the manager says STOP? Answer Question
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Embedded at Philips Electronics
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Bangalore (India) Jan 2013 – Reviewed Feb 19, 2013
Interview Details a written round (apti+electrical stuff or OS) followed by 1 round interview
Interview Question – think about something innovative... what can u do innovative in this field View Answer
Negotiation Details –
pl dont take it up as an intern at any cost.
if u do then dont keep any hopes of getting permanent job here.
they take only experienced people as employees.
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Senior Scientist at Philips Electronics
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Feb 08, 2013
Interview Details Rather easy and straight forward
Interview Question – How do you deal with a nasty manager and deal with manageria issues Answer Question
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Software Engineer at Philips Electronics
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Bangalore (India) Jan 2010 – Reviewed Jan 19, 2013
Interview Details Campus interview. Initial Round - Written. Basic quant and C questions. Thru to the Tech round. Asked about my projects. Basic data structure questions in C and OS.
Interview Question – Nothing. Everything was pretty straightforward Answer Question
Negotiation Details – No negotiations. The only offer ihad
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Enabling Platform Architect at Philips Electronics
Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Eindhoven (Netherlands) Apr 2011 – Reviewed Jan 09, 2013
Interview Details It took 6 months. I just kept getting passed around from person to person. Standard interview questions, but they also wanted to make sure I would bring new, fresh ideas to the table.
Interview Question – What is your biggest weakness? Answer Question
Negotiation Details – They also gave me a very low offer, which I negotiated an additional 25%.
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