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The Nielsen Software Engineer Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a The Nielsen Software Engineer interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated weekly.

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CodingStart here. 13 questions · ~121 min
Merge K Sorted Linked ListsMedium
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Problem At Meta, imagine multiple pre-sorted event streams need to be combined into one ordered feed. Given k sorted singly linked lists, merge them into o...

Linked ListsSortingHeapThe Nielsen
Longest Substring Without RepeatsMedium
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Find the longest substring with all unique characters using a sliding window.

Hash TablesStringsTwo PointersThe Nielsen
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SQL & Data Manipulation12 questions + 3 drills · ~142 min
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Execution4 questions · ~37 min
Resolve Circular DependencyHard
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Tests diagnosing and fixing architecture-level dependency cycles in complex systems.

Technical FluencyRisk AssessmentarchitectureThe Nielsen
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Pipelines3 questions · ~28 min
Design Audience Data PipelineHard
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Tests data pipeline design skills for large-scale analytics workflows.

pysparkOrchestrationairflowThe Nielsen
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System Design12 questions · ~112 min
Deep Dive on Dynamic ProgrammingHard

Assesses depth of DP reasoning and ability to explain algorithmic decisions.

system designDynamic ProgrammingThe Nielsen
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Behavioral & Leadership4 questions · ~37 min
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More topics2 questions · ~19 min
AWS Concepts: EC2 and EKSMedium

Evaluates cloud infrastructure knowledge relevant to scalable deployments.

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