Nielsen Software Development Engineer SDE interview questions
Updated 20 May 2026
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Software Development Engineer SDE 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 65.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer SDE roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Nielsen overall takes an average of 16 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Nielsen as a Software Development Engineer SDE according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Skills test: 50%
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Overall good experience. The interview was mainly resume and project-driven. One coding question was asked which was based on hashmap. Towards the end, I was asked core CS questions from Operating System, Computer Networks and DBMS.
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Question 1
I was asked one coding question which was based on hashmap. Towards the end, I was asked core CS questions from Operating System, Computer Networks and DBMS.
Interview consists of 2 coding questions including 2 sum problem and 2 pointer approach
Then something about projects what we did what tech we used and at last core subjects were asked
I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Nielsen in Jan 2025
Interview
1st round OA dsa and mcq got selected
1st interview round easy / medium dp and dsa questions and questions related to internship got selected
2nd interview round easy/ medium dsa question , i wasnt able to give the best solution interviewer only focused on best solution not on the approach he gave time but i wasnt able to find it. gave 1 sql query and questions related to internship. (got rejected)