Technology Intern Review

Item: Technology Intern at Nomura
Rating: 5
Author: Anonymous

at Nomura

Placement (10 Months+)

Computer Science, Information Technology

Bank

Review Submitted: June 2024

Overall Rating

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

5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

I am a developer in Global Markets, working on transitioning a legacy platform to a modern Kubernetes micro services based architecture.
My day starts with global team meetings to update the teams about the tasks I have completed and what i would be working on next.
The rest of my day consists of coding, code review, testing and debugging, deployment.
I also take part in many extracurricular activities such as singing, sports.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes. I was accountable for all the projects I was working on.
I also had full responsibility in developing time sensitive python scripts for a cyber security audit.

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?

I have developed many important transferable skills such as communication, collaborating, networking, team work and other important skills.
I have also learnt Spring Framework, DevOps, Bash, MongoDB, Rest service development, Kubernetes, Helm charts and further developed my knowledge in working with API's, Gitlab, React, Typescript, Css, SQL, PostMan.

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

5/5

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?

5/5

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?

I started off with a week long training program in finance and python with the rest of my cohort. We also had access to PluralSight to learn different languages and get familiar with API's.
Furthermore, I also had an excellent support system in the form of a buddy and mentor in addition to my manager, my team and my cohort.
We had regular catch-ups which helped me ease into my role.

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?

The company culture is excellent and aligns with my values.
The general atmosphere is very friendly, safe, helpful.
It is easy to speak to anyone and gain insights and advice.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

5/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

5/5

How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

I loved my experience at Nomura.
I learned a lot, my team was excellent and my manager helped me ease into my role balancing learning as well as working on exciting new projects.
I built my network by participating in various events.