I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Nielsen in Sept 2010
Interview
Seemed like they were trying to keep me as a second (or third) option. I had a total of six meetings, one with a corporate recruiter, one taking an aptitude test, and two each with the hiring manager and the hiring manager's boss. They were inflexible on scheduling the interviews, which was extremely inconvenient for me as I was carrying a heavy workload at my then-current job and had to scramble to make all of these meetings. It took over a month to get through these interviews, which all seemed to go well.
To delay things even more, they asked me to provide references as a final step. I contacted my references and told them to expect a call from these guys. Which never came. After a week of no calls to my references, I left a message with the hiring manager. Then I got a call saying they filled the position with an internal candidate. Very disappointing.
And very unprofessional to ask for references as "a last step" with no intent to follow up on them. One thing to waste my time, but it was quite embarrassing for me after personally contacting my references and providing them the context for my request, only for them to not actually be contacted. In all, six weeks of BS from them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic questions: explain a situation in the past where you had to influence a client through a recommendation resulting from research data. What was the business result of your recommendation? Nothing really outrageous.
The most interesting part of the process was the skills test. I think 90 minutes and it was like taking the GMAT. Had to write a persuasive letter and answer maybe 20 word problems.
The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Nielsen
Interview
10 rounds of interview. 2 in person and 8 telephonic. Mostly leadership related question and a lot of cultural fit assessment type of questions. Also made me speak with the team
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Nielsen (Schaumburg, IL) in Nov 2015
Interview
Fairly straight forward discussions. Met with a number of folks from the local team and discussed my background and career aspirations. Really nothing out of normal here. In addition Nielsen asks you to feel out a test ... let's just call it a logic and math skills test.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Nielsen
Interview
I applied online via LinkedIn. ~A week later, a person from my alma mater's career office called to set up an interview with an alum, but not the decision maker. After a phone screen, silence until I reached out to learn if there were any follow-ups. Was told that an internal candidate was hired. I believe I was contacted to fill a certain candidacy quota instead of a real opportunity to work there. Didn't appreciate being used. I think the interview set up via my alma mater was to confirm that I attended/graduated from the school (top 5).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you familiar with __________? (list of platforms)