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Nielsen Software Engineer interview experience

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Gurgaon, HaryanaPosted Feb 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went in through an online assessment first, cleared it, and then moved into a technical round where I got two DSA questions.

What made it stressful was the format: I had to first talk through my approach clearly, and then I coded the solution live on an online compiler.

The rest of the technical interview felt straightforward compared to that live coding pressure, but the DSA depth was real and didn’t leave much room for drifting. By the end, I didn’t make it to the next step and got rejected. Looking back, the biggest thing that stood out to me was how much they wanted the reasoning out loud before the code, not just the final implementation.

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