Summer Risk Analyst Review
at Nomura
Internship (1 Month+)
Finance
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.
My role is working as a summer risk analyst at market risk team. My Internship lasts 9 weeks, with one week of training, and work on the desk from week 2. And over the two month, I enjoyed working with the team and I completed two projects and present to the whole team. The main work involved is stress testing some risk factors to derive the PnL for each month-end and discuss the causes.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I have been given couple of works or projects to do, so I do take a lot of responsibility and exposures to various aspect of work. I feel when you are taking the responsibility, It acts as a drive to prompt you to complete the work to the fullest and live up to some people's expectations.
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?
Yes, I have learned a lot during the two month internship. My presentation skills get improved a lot, I learned how to attract my audience and how to bring everyone's attention back to my contents. I learned how to present confidently in front of colleagues from other teams and remained a comfortable speed on delivering my contents. To be honest, everything is all good.
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 have received bunch of support and guidance during my internship from my managers, my buddy, and some seniors in my team. I would like to appreciate all of my team members and I really enjoyed to be part of them and I am grateful to meet them and get along with 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?
Overall I love my team's culture and I enjoy myself pretty much. Not only when working with my team members but also when dealing with HR or colleagues from other teams, they are all nice and friendly. I feel like I am really part of the team and they are helpful whenever I encounter any problems that may hinge my processes.
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 extremely enjoy my internship from various aspects. First of all, my team is very diverse and I really embrace the culture and the value. Secondly, my colleagues are approachable and nice to reach, make me feel really comfortable. Lastly, I love what I am working on, I feel I can really learn a lot through the 9 weeks internship.
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
Be confident in yourself. Sometimes candidates are already competent enough for the positions they apply for, they may still fail in in the middle of the interview process, making them susceptible in their competence. However, they may never think about the issue maybe due to their under confidence in themselves. That's my takeaway.
