Philips Software Development Engineer (SDE) interview questions
Updated Apr 21, 2026
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Software Development Engineer (SDE) applicants have rated the interview process at Philips with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer (SDE) roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Philips overall takes an average of 26 days.
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Philips (Boston, MA) in Jun 2023
Interview
1 screening phone call with a recruiter for 30 mins.
Later, 4 Tech rounds - each 45 minutes
1st with engineer
2nd with a panel of two engineers - 1 hour.
3rd with Sr. engineer
4th with Hiring Manager
The process is smooth, they make you feel comfortable and dive into healthy discussions about your experience and basic technical questions.
I recently appeared for an interview at Philips for SDE job profile. Firstly there was an exam which covered all the topics from basic computer fundamentals to problem solving and then after being shortlisted in the exam I appeared for the interview. The interview revolved around Object Oriented Programming and problem solving ability.
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Question 1
Describe the four pillars of object oriented programming.