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 61% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Analyst roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 136 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 Analyst according to 136 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 23%
One on one interview: 21%
Skills test: 18%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Background check: 8%
Group panel interview: 7%
Personality test: 7%
Presentation: 4%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 1%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Nielsen (New Delhi) in Jan 2013
Interview
This company was invited to our campus Department of Operational Research,University of Delhi,Delhi.They first took a written test at their New Delhi Office.The written test comprises of 4 sections namely statistics,data interpretation,database management and mathematical programming.It was quite tough and very few qualified for it.Luckily I was one of the selected one owing to my good score in programming and database.Then we had a telephonic round which was unexpectedly our last round.It was very tricky one though,the HR was in Varodara were we about to get placed.It took 30 per candidate and they thoroughly checked candidate on different parameters giving different questions.I was asked first of all my personal info then was questions based on basic stats and analytical reasoning.They were moderate in nature.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Guesstimate regarding number of table tennis ball in air at this time in Delhi(he raised this question as I am Table Tennis player).
A recruiter started with a quick phone chat to get to know ,e better. Asked about my background, experience, and why I'm interested in the role. Got a few behavioral questions to see if my values aligned with Nielsen’s culture.
An interview followed by an in person case study. The process was fairly straight forward but the case is not easy if you are not an analytical person to begin with.
I applied online. I interviewed at Nielsen (Kuala Lumpur)
Interview
It very easy. Basic question are asked. They ask what did I work as in previous company and how I can contribute to current role. Ask why I want to join the company.