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      Software Engineer Interview

      Feb 27, 2019
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Pittsburgh, PA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Nielsen (Pittsburgh, PA)

      Interview

      The process here was horrible, low communication, and random returns. In addition to have had 2 different recruiters (when a change was not told to me). Then the second recruiter had reapplied me to the wrong position and that denial sent me backwards. All in all the interview process makes me feel the company is not functional adept internally. Process start with phone calls to HR, then to the Hiring manager. Afterwards I provided a coding sample. This went rather quickly as I was a referral. This happened 2018 Nov. Next I waited till January when they phone me back up to do an onsite. The onsite was told to me that it would be 2 parts, ideally a week apart. I do the first one mid January, and then wait for the call to schedule. It never comes, and I assume they moved on. I tried emailing to find out for sure, and was met with a disconnected email address and loss my only connection to HR. So I assume I am out. Then mid February comes around and I get a suspicious email that reads like a scam. Knowing my friend is on the inside I decide it's not a red flag. We set up a time for the last onsite. It went over time by an hour so I thought this was good. A week and half later I get an email saying I was denied for not being Qualified for the QA position I didn't apply for... I reach again and get a response that says the same thing. All in all this process was a huge waste of time. The hiring process red flags should scare anyone away.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

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      Nielsen interviews FAQs

      • Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Nielsen with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 59% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 31 days to get hired, when considering 17 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 Software Engineer according to 17 Glassdoor interviews include:

        One on one interview:  23%

        Phone interview:  23%

        Group panel interview:  18%

        Skills test:  13%

        Presentation:  8%

        Background check:  5%

        Other:  5%

        Drug test:  3%

        Personality test:  3%

        IQ intelligence test:  3%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

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