Technology Summer Intern Review
at Nomura
Internship (1 Month+)
Computer Science
London
Review Submitted: August 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
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Assigned two projects to complete. One is to renovate an existing Python application with a few PowerShell Scripts and attaching a website (front-end) to it. Also had to add on it with more requirements from my team members. Working on the project needed me to talk with members of other teams depending what I was stuck on at the time.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
From the get-go I was given free-reign to work on my project and deliver it to a standard that I believed was good. Though I had to gather requirements from my team members and build them out, the way I implemented them was all up to me, there were some times were I had to follow things the company's way, almost all of the time, it was reasonable and worked out better.
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've definitely improved my skills in React, it took a bit of time but I understand how to use the library enough to get my way around it. Also, this internship experience gave me exposure to libraries I didn't really use in Python much, which were useful to what I was working.
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?
All of my team members were available to talk to me whenever I needed them, if they weren't in the office, I could just message them and they'd respond pretty fast. We always had daily catch ups so if there were concerns, I always had the chance to bring it up during that call and have my concerns solved.
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 and general atmosphere is pretty unique and reasonable. Everybody is friendly so it's pretty easy to go up to someone's desk and ask for a quick question or have a conversation so long as they're not in a meeting or busy. The company definitely has the right balance and the fact that they do it well explains why many people return back.
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?
It didn't feel like a chore to come to the office and work what I needed to do. I was surprised at how much responsibility and flexibility I was given which was a positive from my side. The way the internship scheme worked means you spend most of your time actually working and providing value to your team, there are sessions that you need to attend, but they were all useful and were reasonable in frequency.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Nomura
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Nomura to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Nomura
Read around what Nomura does first, talk to others working in Nomura, hear their experience and figure out why you want to apply for Nomura specifically. Even telling how you found Nomura and showing the research you've done before would show that you're eager to learn. If you can back that up with programming projects that can show you have the technical skills would be good too.
