I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Nielsen (Nairobi) in May 2016
Interview
The response inviting me to interview was pretty fast. I got an invite the day after application. I actually applied a week after deadline, as I had just seen the ad on LinkedIn. I was pretty surprised to get the call. However part of the panel was really cold while the rest were pretty warm. I felt I had aced the interview, but the cold panelist probably failed me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would I engage a team of business consultants in Ethiopia in training.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Nielsen (Oxford, England) in Jul 2016
Interview
Speaking solely for this BDM role, I have to say that the initial stage was satisfactory with a phone screening that lasted more than an hour, and an extremely disappointing face to face interview, with good cop/bad cop old fashion approach. No policy for covering expenses to travel to Oxford and no feedback or contact whatsoever after the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first question I was asked from one of the interviewers was why there was a 5-month gap between positions (it was 3 actually) that I had 10 years ago.
Business Development Manager 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 64.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Business Development Manager roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 1 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 Business Development Manager according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 50%
Skills test: 50%
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