I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Nielsen (Hanoi) in Aug 2016
Interview
Because I took Nielsen Case Competition 2 years ago, the interview with HR manager was not so difficult. She wanted to know more about my experience, my availability to work and my motivation for working for Nielsen
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why should we hire you?
Do you think you really like research job?
What do you expect from Nielsen regarding to working environment?
In an already terrible job market, I have truly never had the misfortune of coming across a company and internal recruiter that had such a complete disregard for a candidate. I completed a detailed task and presentation, which I submitted well before the deadline. When I asked for feedback and a date for when my final interview would be scheduled, I was ghosted for over a week. I chased for feedback and an update, I received generic feedback and a rejection. Nielsen have a complete disregard for prospective candidates despite positioning themselves as a leader within the market research space that claims to 'value their people'. Save yourself from applying here anyways, their communication is poor and salaries ridiculously below even what constitutes a living wage.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Nielsen (Jakarta) in Dec 2021
Interview
1) HR interview and screening 2) Study case presentation. I was given two days to analyze findings from 2 sales datasets in a spreadsheet and create a 5-slides report 3) User interview about behavioral questions, motivations, work culture
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioral questions: 1) How do you prioritize tasks with conflicting deadlines? 2) Willingness to work overtime? Technical questions about methods and frameworks in data analysis
The first round was fairly informal and focuses mostly on your work history and aspirations for the future. They are keen to find out about how your history aligns with the job.