I got an interview chance with Nielsen Chicago office.
I think it's just a pre-interview with HR and the duration should be about 30min.
First time: asked half day off, sat there 30min waiting for the incoming call but nothing happened. During in the following emails, HR said she called me three times but it's a busy signal. Then we rescheduled it to 4/10/2017, and this time I’m gonna call her.
Second time: asked half day off, called her on time, no one answers the phone, left a voice mail, sent out email asked if she can call me back, and called again 15 minutes later, again no one answers.
I haven’t received any feedback or information yet. Don’t know what happened. Can’t believe this.
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Nielsen’s interview process includes application screening, recruiter call, technical and behavioral interviews, case discussions, stakeholder meetings, and final evaluation focusing on analytical skills, collaboration, communication, and cultural fit, overall excellence.
Online assessment consisting of 2 dp questions (medium level)
2 Tech interviews with a focus on System Design and Core Fundamentals along with a deep dive on resume. This was followed by a managerial round and finally a HR round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design Uber and one binary search question on leetcode
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Nielsen (Bengaluru) in Dec 2025
Interview
there are 2 rounds conducted for the hiring process
first round is online test
in the first round they asked me 20 mcqs from apitude,core cs subjects + 2 dsa questions and second round is a personal interview it consisted of 3 sections
1 section dsa question
2 section sql question
3. from projects
4. do u have any questions
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Nielsen with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 59% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 31 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 Software Engineer according to 17 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Phone interview: 23%
Group panel interview: 18%
Skills test: 13%
Presentation: 8%
Background check: 5%
Other: 5%
Drug test: 3%
Personality test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
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