The first round was purely on technical skills.
2 python questions were asked and the interviewer was sweet enough to help during the code. The Python code were at a difficulty if medium to hard.
They then moved to LLD and Spark Questions
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Nielsen (New York, NY)
Interview
Initially had a phone interview which was pretty generic to understand me and my experience. I was then called for an onsite interview and it was a mix of technical and behavioral. Next day 15 min HR
interview , calls and give hope that they liked me and they are finalizing an offer. Next day the result is totally unexpected. Looks like that position was on hold and they think I am best fit for something else and arrange a phone round of tech with another team and this team is looking for something else which was not there in job description. Ultimately no offer. I felt one team liked me but not ready to pay what I expected although they agreed initially and another team was looking for core AWS skillets and the interview didnt go much long. I seriously feel they missed someone who could have been a long term asset.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
technical questions on spark. no algorithm or coding round.
Senior Data Engineer 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.
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