The interview process was made up of three phases. First, the phone screen interview was done with a technical person highly knowledgeable about the job requirements and the project. I believe it was the architect. Once approved, I was invited for the second phase of 3 interviews in a row. A lot of technical drilling. Once approved I was invited for another set of 3 interviews equally as drilling in technical topics.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Philips (Bengaluru) in Jan 2010
Interview
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.
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Philips (San Francisco, CA) in Jul 2008
Interview
Phone interviews leading to on-site interview in the Bay Area. Flew in for interviews in the office for the day. In-person interviews with engineers and leadership. Asked to perform a presentation on an architecture for a system given certain parameters to figure out how I think and what the style of presentation of a technical idea.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Present a detailed architecture for a system that must perform certain functionality.