Technology Placement Review
at Nomura
Placement (10 Months+)
Computer Science
London
Review Submitted: September 2023
Overall Rating
4.5 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
5/5
-
Overview of Role
4.5/5
-
Skills Development
5/5
-
Support and Guidance
4.3/5
-
Company Culture
4.5/5
-
Overall Experience
4/5
-
Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
My daily desk role was a software engineer. We followed the agile development methodology - although not too strictly - and worked my way upwards in difficulty through the backlog of tasks. The team I worked in was the only team to follow a DevOps orientation, but the senior developers tended to handle maintenance of applications. As interns we were more focussed on development.
Networking was also a day-to-day task, and widely encouraged.
Networking was also a day-to-day task, and widely encouraged.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
As teams tend to be low on resources, it's almost as there is no point in giving our 'dummy' work to an intern as it's better and worthwhile to get them on real work.
Nobody on the cohort I was part of worked on anything that didn't feel like real work. Responsibilities also grew over time as competency was shown and dependent on team behaviour. Within my team, responsibility and accountability definitely took a forefront and being able to make decisions or come with research was important.
Nobody on the cohort I was part of worked on anything that didn't feel like real work. Responsibilities also grew over time as competency was shown and dependent on team behaviour. Within my team, responsibility and accountability definitely took a forefront and being able to make decisions or come with research was important.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Built a lot of new skills in development and learnt industry-wide frameworks in place. I also built on my public speaking skills through the public speaking society. All round, I've improved on my communication to a wide array of audiences and technically improved in finding answers and searching documentation.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
4/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
5/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Early careers recruitment is super friendly and aim to stay in touch a fair bit by checking in or handing out tasks. There is a lot of support within the cohort of interns as well if you make some good friends. Mentors are assigned which are away from your desk team so they can be used to speak to as well. Overall, I felt like there were people I could trust with any issues I faced and provide me guidance on how to tackle them.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
5/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
5/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
I found the culture very relaxed and enjoyable. The tech staff all being on one floor aside from those tech teams that are closer to traders meant you would get to know the entire floor throughout the year. Hot design (although annoying sometimes) meant you'd meet new people at the office and take that as a chance to network with those sat beside you. On the whole, I felt at ease and unafraid to share my thoughts and opinions with them taken seriously. Super flat hierarchy.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
3/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I thoroughly enjoyed my internship. I made some great friends, had some great evenings on the terrace and learnt a ton to take back to final year.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Nomura
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Nomura to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Nomura
Don't be nervous as recruitment aren't out there to get you - they are genuinely looking to see if you are a good fit personality and skills wise. Don't be disheartened by rejections from anywhere, not just Nomura, as it usually means you just weren't fitting for the culture so move on to the next :)
