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Stay away from Nielsen! The Recruiter and the Hiring Manager were extremely unprofessional. If they invite you for an interview, say "No, thank you".
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***1) Online Application:
The job description was prepared unguardedly already. For example, the same sentence was divided into multiple bullet points; and this mistake occurred many times.
***2) Invitation - Recruiter Interview:
When I received the invitation, I was shocked since the title and location info were not included in the position. I need this since I applied for 3 different positions...
When I asked the Recruiter, she sent me a "1-word e-mail" that only says the title; no location still.
***3) Interview - Recruiter:
The interview was at 16:00, but she was not in the interview room. At 16:05, I sent a "Will you join?" message by e-mail. She came at 16:08 finally!
She asked about my salary expectations. I said this: “Since I am 30 years old, the salary threshold for the work-visa is 4,840 euro gross”. She said that it should be fine.
She tried to tell me the steps, but she was unsure. She told me that the next step is the "Hiring Manager interview" and then there will be Technical Interviews
She was considering me for one of the other positions as well. Therefore, at the end of the interview, she told me that she wants to forward me to those Hiring Managers.
***4) Invitation – Hiring Manager Interview:
I received an e-mail that does not include the job title, again…I asked the Recruiter since I was interviewing for 2 roles at the same time. She did not respond at all. By the way, this Recruiter has 15 years of experience…
***5) Interview - Hiring Manager:
He came 6 minutes late as well, like the Recruiter!
His accent was very hard to understand. Therefore, I had to ask him to repeat again constantly. Then, I wondered how I can work together with him. I cannot even understand how these people get these higher-level positions with this; maybe through strong personal connections…
He connected to the interview with his mobile phone! He was sitting on the ground and he was wearing an unironed T-shirt. Since he could not hold his mobile phone for a long time, we even had times when I could not see his face. This is too disrespectful!
***6) Invitation – BUT FOR WHAT?:
I received an invitation e-mail again that does not include any information. It could be the “3rd interview” or the “1st interview for the other position”. I tried to ask to the Recruiter again, but she did not respond.
1 week later, the interview date came. 30 minutes before the starting time, the previous Hiring Manager sent me an e-mail like this: “Sorry, I already interviewed with you. The Recruiter scheduled the same interview for us again”. Then the interview is canceled. These people are a joke!
***7) Rejection:
In order to get an update about my situation, I sent a few e-mails to the Recruiter and the Hiring Manager. After weeks, probably after my 4th follow-up e-mail, the Hiring Manager wrote me that they decided to continue with the other candidates. He also did not write any feedback…
