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 online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Nielsen (Cincinnati, OH) in Jan 2015
Interview
Applied directly through the Nielsen website. Got an email requesting a phone call a couple weeks later. Scheduled that interview very quickly, within a few days. Pretty standard questions on that phone call. Past work experience, why Nielsen, why this positions, salary requests, etc.
After that, they moved pretty quickly to having me take the online behavioral and analytical assessment. The behavioral are your normal "strongly disagree/strongly agree with this statement" questions. The analytical section runs through problems in the format of "Judy arrived to lunch at 12:00 PM. Alan arrived after Judy but before Tricia. Tricia arrived at 1:00 PM. Could Alan have arrived after Tricia?". You'll get 3 minutes for each question.
Having successfully passed those tests, I was asked to come in the following week to meet with three VPs. Mostly conversational interviews, but be ready for their curveball questions. Each interviewer will have one. Know how to answer questions like "How many manhole covers are there in Manhattan?".
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Nielsen in Mar 2012
Interview
It was a pretty straightforward process. First round is completed online. Second round is done on the phone. The third (final) round is in person. You have both 1 on 1 interviews and panels. None of the questions or situations were different than you would expect for an interview at a large corporation.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Nielsen in Oct 2014
Interview
University recruitment
Applied through career site and heard back in a couple of weeks. Had to do a difficult logic test (most of the difficulty stemmed from time constraints)
After completing the test, i was asked to schedule and interview.
The interview had some behavioral questions and some mini case questions. Also asked specifics about my coursework, including what i learned in various courses from previous years.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Youre pepsi and you want to be sold in whole foods. What do you do to make this happen? How do you sell yourself to whole foods?