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NielsenIQ Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 10 Apr 2025

7 Interview questions

A Software Engineer was asked 2mo ago
Q. Describe your experience with web scraping dynamic websites.
Ans. 

Web scraping dynamic websites involves extracting data from pages that load content dynamically using JavaScript.

  • Use Headless Browsers: Tools like Puppeteer or Selenium can simulate a real browser, allowing you to interact with dynamic content.

  • Inspect Network Requests: Analyze network activity in the browser's developer tools to identify API endpoints that can be directly accessed.

  • Handle JavaScript Rendering: Use ...

A Software Engineer was asked 2mo ago
Q. What is web scraping?
Ans. 

Web scraping is the automated process of extracting data from websites for various purposes.

  • Involves using scripts or software to collect data from web pages.

  • Commonly used for data analysis, market research, and competitive analysis.

  • Tools like Beautiful Soup, Scrapy, and Selenium are popular for web scraping.

  • Example: Extracting product prices from e-commerce sites for price comparison.

  • Can be done using programming...

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A Software Engineer was asked 11mo ago
Q. Given a list of numbers, remove the duplicates.
Ans. 

To remove duplicates from a list, we can use various methods like sets or list comprehensions in Python.

  • Use a set to automatically filter out duplicates: `list(set([1,1,2,3,4,5,5]))` results in `[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]`.

  • List comprehension can also be used: `result = []` followed by `for item in original_list if item not in result:`.

  • The `dict.fromkeys()` method can maintain order: `list(dict.fromkeys([1,1,2,3,4,5,5]))` giv...

A Software Engineer was asked 12mo ago
Q. Implement merge sort.
Ans. 

Merge sort is a divide and conquer algorithm that recursively splits an array into halves, sorts them, and then merges them back together.

  • Split the array into two halves

  • Recursively sort each half

  • Merge the sorted halves back together

A Software Engineer was asked
Q. Given a sentence, reverse the order of words in it.
Ans. 

The reverse of a sentence is the words in the sentence in reverse order.

  • Split the sentence into words

  • Reverse the order of the words

  • Join the words back together

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A Software Engineer was asked 2mo ago
Q. Sorting algorithm
Ans. 

Sorting algorithms arrange data in a specified order, commonly ascending or descending.

  • Types of sorting algorithms: Quick Sort, Merge Sort, Bubble Sort.

  • Quick Sort: Efficient, uses divide-and-conquer, average time complexity O(n log n).

  • Merge Sort: Stable, divides array into halves, time complexity O(n log n).

  • Bubble Sort: Simple, repeatedly swaps adjacent elements, time complexity O(n^2).

  • Example: Sorting [5, 2, 9, 1...

A Software Engineer was asked
Q. Coding for Development/Automation
Ans. 

Coding for development/automation involves writing efficient and scalable code to automate tasks and improve processes.

  • Understand the problem and identify the best approach for automation

  • Write clean and modular code that is easy to maintain and update

  • Use appropriate tools and frameworks to streamline development

  • Test thoroughly to ensure reliability and accuracy

  • Continuously optimize and improve the automation proce...

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NielsenIQ Software Engineer Interview Experiences

12 interviews found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
No response

I appeared for an interview in Mar 2025, where I was asked the following questions.

  • Q1. What is web Scraping
  • Q2. Task to scrap some dynamic website
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Objext oriented concepts on
  • Q2. Java coding pattern
Round 2 - Coding Test 

Technical coding questions were asked

Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Salary discussions
  • Q2. Office location discussion

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in Oct 2022. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

It was a bit tricky but it went well

Round 3 - Coding Test 

The coding questions were ds based and a bit difficult

Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. This round was a technical interview with one on one
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. General hr round it was so comfortable

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for NielsenIQ Software Engineer interview:
  • Data Structures
  • Java
  • Web Development
  • Javascript
  • SQL
  • DBMS
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Please prepare on core topics brush up basics keep practising
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jul 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Coding platform: Codility, 3 questions, 1 easy and 1 medium and 1 hard,

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Print all palindromes of a string
  • Ans. 

    Print all palindromes of a string

    • Iterate through all substrings of the input string

    • Check if each substring is a palindrome by comparing it with its reverse

    • Store palindromes in an array and return it

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Merge sort implementation
  • Ans. 

    Merge sort is a divide and conquer algorithm that recursively splits an array into halves, sorts them, and then merges them back together.

    • Split the array into two halves

    • Recursively sort each half

    • Merge the sorted halves back together

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Project discussions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Google the various questions asked before interviewing.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Nov 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Apti round had English and aptitude related easy questions.

Round 3 - Coding Test 

Mostly easy or medium level question, 2 problems.

Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java, Oops, dbms, 1 puzzle and 2 dsa questions
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Jul 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain OOPS concept
  • Q2. Boxing,umboxing / ref,out / async programming
  • Q3. [1,1,2,3,4,5,5] remove duplicate from given list

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I appeared for an interview before Apr 2024, where I was asked the following questions.

  • Q1. Sorting algorithm
  • Ans. 

    Sorting algorithms arrange data in a specified order, commonly ascending or descending.

    • Types of sorting algorithms: Quick Sort, Merge Sort, Bubble Sort.

    • Quick Sort: Efficient, uses divide-and-conquer, average time complexity O(n log n).

    • Merge Sort: Stable, divides array into halves, time complexity O(n log n).

    • Bubble Sort: Simple, repeatedly swaps adjacent elements, time complexity O(n^2).

    • Example: Sorting [5, 2, 9, 1] usi...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Reverse Linked list

Software Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 28 Mar 2025

Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I appeared for an interview before Mar 2024, where I was asked the following questions.

  • Q1. Coding questions
  • Q2. Architecture questions
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I appeared for an interview before Sep 2022.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

Mostly two questions will be given to you. Both having Data structures based. The logic is more important rather than the implementation.

Round 3 - Case Study 

Questions related to what will you do incase bug arises in existing code.

Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. This round will be with the Director level associate. May ask some basic questions about Data Structure.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Feb 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Assignment 

Da and algo on array, string and list

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic ds and algon in java
  • Q2. Duplicate in array
  • Q3. Reverse of sentence

Skills evaluated in this interview

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NielsenIQ Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in NielsenIQ Software Engineer interview?
NielsenIQ interview process usually has 3-4 rounds. The most common rounds in the NielsenIQ interview process are Technical, Coding Test and HR.
How to prepare for NielsenIQ Software Engineer 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 NielsenIQ. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at NielsenIQ expect are Agile, Computer science, Python, SDLC and Postgresql.
What are the top questions asked in NielsenIQ Software Engineer interview?

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