Analyst 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 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Nielsen (Pekín, Pekín) in Nov 2012
Interview
1. go through resume. Asked about education and previous internship
2. tested excel skill. Interviewer gave me an computer with a spreadsheet open. I finished the work by following instructions. It was mainly about dealing with data using excel. I used excel functions such as count and sum. I also made bar charts.
The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Nielsen (Mumbai)
Interview
The process starts with the HR person calling u and fixing a date and time for the aptitude test.. Entire process has 3 stages..
1st is aptitude which is difficult. It is split into three parts with a case study included .. If u clear u are called for HR interview and then technical interview..
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Nielsen (Chicago, IL) in Aug 2015
Interview
30 min phone interview with HR. I was asked to take test online. 2 days after I took the test, they moved me to next telephone interview with the hiring manager. The phone interview lasted 1 hour and all the questions were about regression and SAS. Then I got invited to 6 hour onsite interview. Talked to 5 directors. All the questions were about modeling in SAS. No behavioral questions. I completely enjoyed the interview. I am still waiting to hear from them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Lots of questions about modeling in SAS. what are the advantages or disadvantages of using proc sql over data step to merge two data sets? Asked me to explain my projects I listed on my resume.