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Updated 7 Jan 2025

Top Nielsen Data Scientist Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. Write pandas query to separate the names as first and last name from the full name. Drop the duplicate columns and also the missing values. Write output for the Python co ...read more
  • Q2. Make 2 lists a=[1,2,3,4] b=[9,8,5,5,2,3,3,4,1,1,10,9,2,3,4,10,10,9,7,7,8] Write a program to remove duplicate of b and keep only those elements of b which are not present ...read more
  • Q3. SQL question Remove duplicate from a table tab1

Nielsen Data Scientist Interview Experiences

4 interviews found

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Dec 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain any ML model.
  • Ans. 

    Random Forest is an ensemble learning method that builds multiple decision trees and merges them together to get a more accurate and stable prediction.

    • Random Forest is a popular machine learning model used for classification and regression tasks.

    • It works by creating multiple decision trees during training and outputs the mode of the classes for classification or the average prediction for regression.

    • Random Forest is ro...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Create Dataframe from two lists.
  • Ans. 

    Creating a DataFrame from two lists in Python.

    • Import the pandas library

    • Create two lists of data

    • Use pd.DataFrame() to create a DataFrame from the two lists

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Nielsen Data Scientist interview:
  • Python
  • pandas
  • ML
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in May 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

I was asked to write SQL queries for 3rd highest salary of the employee, some name filtering, group by tasks.
Python code to find the index of the maximum number without using numpy.

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Explain the Project undertaken during the research and follow-up questions
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Write pandas query to separate the names as first and last name from the full name. Drop the duplicate columns and also the missing values. Write output for the Python code. Write SQL query to retrieve t...
  • Ans. 

    Answering questions related to data science concepts and techniques.

    • Recall is the ratio of correctly predicted positive observations to the total actual positives. Precision is the ratio of correctly predicted positive observations to the total predicted positives.

    • To reduce variance in an ensemble model, techniques like bagging, boosting, and stacking can be used. Bagging involves training multiple models on different ...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Nielsen Data Scientist interview:
  • Python
  • Pandas
  • SQL
  • Machine Learning
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Have your basics strong.

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
6-8 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Oct 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Sql, python, Statistics mcq, Aptitude test. These were medium level questions.

Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. SQL and python, time complexity
  • Q2. Make 2 lists a=[1,2,3,4] b=[9,8,5,5,2,3,3,4,1,1,10,9,2,3,4,10,10,9,7,7,8] Write a program to remove duplicate of b and keep only those elements of b which are not present in a, and the final list should ...
  • Ans. 

    Remove duplicates from list b, keep elements not in list a, and sort in ascending order.

    • Create a set from list b to remove duplicates

    • Use list comprehension to keep elements not in list a

    • Sort the final list in ascending order

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. SQL question Remove duplicate from a table tab1
  • Ans. 

    Use the DISTINCT keyword in SQL to remove duplicates from a table.

    • Use the SELECT DISTINCT statement to retrieve unique rows from the table.

    • Identify the columns that should be used to determine uniqueness.

    • Example: SELECT DISTINCT column1, column2 FROM tab1;

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Case Study 

Given 2 case studies on data science and asked different possibilities to improve the models.

How to work with imbalance dataset.
How to remove null values, what is features engineering.
What is PCA
What is the working of XGBOOST

Round 4 - Project discussion 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What was last project, tell me in detail. There were different technical questions related to my project

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and practice SQL, python, mainly pandas and numpy. Should have good knowledge on time complexity.


All the metrics of evaluating a model.
Linear regression, logestic regression, random forest, decission tree, adaboost, Gradient boosting, XGb in detail.

Recall, precision roc_curve. Auc, f1 score, mse,mae, r2, adjusted r2 score.

Is it possible that r2 score appears in minus

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Test consisted 7 sections which lasted for more than a hour. There were questions related to coding , sql , analytical questions etc.

Round 2 - Coding Test 

1 python coding questions and 2 Sql question

Round 3 - Case Study 

2 case study question

Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. This was the final round . Technical+HR .

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - All the best. Interview process is too long , have patience. And be prepared , questions will be basic.

Nielsen interview questions for designations

 Senior Data Scientist

 (2)

 Executive Data Scientist

 (1)

 Data Engineer

 (5)

 Data Analyst

 (3)

 Senior Data Engineer

 (2)

 Data Processing Executive

 (1)

 Lead Data Engineer

 (1)

 Data Processing Specialist

 (1)

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Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. What friends think of you?
  • Ans. 

    My friends think of me as reliable, supportive, and always up for a good time.

    • Reliable - always there when they need help or support

    • Supportive - willing to listen and offer advice

    • Fun-loving - enjoys socializing and trying new things

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: After Resume Shortlist we had an aptitute round.
Tips: Answer according to your own judgement. Dont try to be too precise.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: I said they think I am a workaholic as I prefer to complete my work before chilling with them.

College Name: NIT Durgapur

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Interview at 11 pm. Stressed environment, close to stress interview.
SELECTION PROCEDURE:
1.Online Test
2. GD
3. PI(HR)
GD TOPICS :
Topic 1 : How can education system benefit from interdisciplinary methods.
Topic 2 : Interconnected problems in the field of movie making.
INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE:
So you can speak German? Describe MS Dhoni in german. They opened Google Translate to counter check the words they wanted to be translated in both Deutsch and Spanish. Your profile speaks of an inclination towards software skills, why do you want to join an analytics company? Justify your action in two reasons as to why are you sitting here interviewing for the post of a data scientist rather than apply for a software engineer when this CV speaks highly of computer science? What is Finite Element Method? Explain. How relevant is your work in Computer Vision? Breakdown the tagline of Audi and translate accordingly. What is "Technik für Mobel" ? What are your current projects? Answer : Microsoft Xbox Kinect, Gesture Recognition. Counter question : But at Musimga you'd be doing far simpler stuff.? Counter suggestion : Why don't you go for MS?


Tips: Keep your cool during counter questions. Prepare your profile and CV well. Rest all is your hard work and groomed personal talents and acquired skills you learnt over the internet.

Skills: Ability To Cope Up With Stress, Spanish, German, Finite Element Modeling - FEM, Foreign Language
College Name: NIT Raipur
Funny Moments: Another HR enters in the midst of my interview and asks with bewildered amazement : What language is he speaking?
The other HR, "German".

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Jul 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Use case for insurance domain
  • Ans. 

    Predicting insurance claims using machine learning algorithms.

    • Fraud detection in insurance claims

    • Risk assessment for insurance policies

    • Pricing optimization for insurance products

    • Customer segmentation for targeted marketing

    • Predictive maintenance for insurance assets

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be prepared with one use case in story telling way
Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

DSA and ML, AI, Coding question

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Case study which was easy
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. In depth questions on ML
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
-

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Aug 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain the RAG pipeline?
  • Ans. 

    RAG pipeline is a data processing pipeline used in data science to categorize data into Red, Amber, and Green based on certain criteria.

    • RAG stands for Red, Amber, Green which are used to categorize data based on certain criteria

    • Red category typically represents data that needs immediate attention or action

    • Amber category represents data that requires monitoring or further investigation

    • Green category represents data that...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Explain Confusion metrics
  • Ans. 

    Confusion metrics are used to evaluate the performance of a classification model by comparing predicted values with actual values.

    • Confusion matrix is a table that describes the performance of a classification model.

    • It consists of four different metrics: True Positive, True Negative, False Positive, and False Negative.

    • These metrics are used to calculate other evaluation metrics like accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 s...

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Aug 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Aptitude test consists of 40 questions.

Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Introduce yourself with ur projects
  • Ans. 

    I am a data scientist with experience in developing predictive models and analyzing large datasets.

    • Developed a predictive model for customer churn prediction using machine learning algorithms

    • Analyzed sales data to identify key trends and patterns for business optimization

    • Implemented natural language processing techniques for sentiment analysis of customer reviews

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Problem statement of a case that needs solutions.
  • Ans. 

    Develop a predictive model to identify potential customers for a new product launch.

    • Define the target variable and features to be used in the model

    • Collect and preprocess relevant data for training the model

    • Select an appropriate machine learning algorithm and train the model

    • Evaluate the model's performance using metrics like accuracy, precision, and recall

    • Use the model to predict potential customers for the new product

  • Answered by AI

Nielsen Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Nielsen Data Scientist interview?
Nielsen interview process usually has 3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Nielsen interview process are Coding Test, Technical and Case Study.
How to prepare for Nielsen Data Scientist interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Nielsen. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Nielsen expect are Django, Docker, Numpy, Pandas and Pyspark.
What are the top questions asked in Nielsen Data Scientist interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Nielsen Data Scientist interview -

  1. Write pandas query to separate the names as first and last name from the full n...read more
  2. Make 2 lists a=[1,2,3,4] b=[9,8,5,5,2,3,3,4,1,1,10,9,2,3,4,10,10,9,7,7,8] Wri...read more
  3. SQL question Remove duplicate from a table t...read more

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