I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Nielsen (West Lafayette, IN) in Sep 2016
Interview
I applied through a job fair at my university and had an interview the next day. I did not receive an offer
but If I had I would have had a phone interview after the on campus interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about a time you were in a group and the group struggled, and how your group was able to move past it?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Nielsen
Interview
Behavioral Based Interview that took place on my college campus, we were in a large union room with multiple other interviews going on at once, so you had to make sure to pay attention to your interview and try and block out the background noise, it also made it more relaxed though
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Nielsen (New York, NY) in Sep 2018
Interview
Called in for a 1-hour onsite interview at their manhattan offices. Brought through the office with another interviewee, after which we went into separate rooms for the actual interview. Afterwards, we sat down with someone in the program to talk next steps.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Nielsen (Orlando, FL) in Sep 2018
Interview
In person interview, 2 on 1. Asked pretty typical interview questions, as well as a system design question on a piece of paper. The second phase is a group setting with tasks given to the groups meant to test your critical thinking, along with one on one interviews during a multi day process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design and write down a basic diagram of a campus wide announcements system that can send out alerts to everyone on campus
Emerging Leaders Program: Operations and Technology applicants have rated the interview process at Nielsen with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Emerging Leaders Program: Operations and Technology roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 17 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Nielsen overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Nielsen as a Emerging Leaders Program: Operations and Technology according to 17 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 30%
One on one interview: 19%
Presentation: 15%
Phone interview: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Skills test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Drug test: 4%
Background check: 4%
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