Submitted application in response to ad, but fell to the bottom of the HR slush pile. Used LinkedIn to identify and contact actual hiring manager. The interview was over breakfast in the manager's home town (he worked remotely). Very informal.
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Nothing I didn't expect ... they were not quite honest about the resources available to the position.
Quick and efficient. A joy to work with the team and very quick decision making process. Looking forward to working with the team and being a part of this big global company.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Nielsen (Oldsmar, FL) in Mar 2012
Interview
Multiple interviewers - 3 interviewers over 3 days.
the hiring manager held all the cards (as it should be) - turn the hiring manager into your friend and advocate because they are the one that will go to bat for you in terms of getting more salary, more vacation or re-categorizing the job description so that the pay range is right..
Interview questions [1]
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Interviews were free flowing and natural .. no grilling or testing (Maybe there should be!)..
Vice President applicants have rated the interview process at Nielsen with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Vice President roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 4 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 Vice President according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 22%
One on one interview: 22%
Background check: 22%
Skills test: 11%
Presentation: 11%
Group panel interview: 11%
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