I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Nielsen
Interview
I applied online via LinkedIn. ~A week later, a person from my alma mater's career office called to set up an interview with an alum, but not the decision maker. After a phone screen, silence until I reached out to learn if there were any follow-ups. Was told that an internal candidate was hired. I believe I was contacted to fill a certain candidacy quota instead of a real opportunity to work there. Didn't appreciate being used. I think the interview set up via my alma mater was to confirm that I attended/graduated from the school (top 5).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you familiar with __________? (list of platforms)
The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Nielsen
Interview
10 rounds of interview. 2 in person and 8 telephonic. Mostly leadership related question and a lot of cultural fit assessment type of questions. Also made me speak with the team
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Nielsen (Schaumburg, IL) in Nov 2015
Interview
Fairly straight forward discussions. Met with a number of folks from the local team and discussed my background and career aspirations. Really nothing out of normal here. In addition Nielsen asks you to feel out a test ... let's just call it a logic and math skills test.
Director 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 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Director roles take an average of 69 days to get hired, when considering 8 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 Director according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
One on one interview: 26%
Background check: 13%
Personality test: 9%
Skills test: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Other: 4%
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