Summer Intern Review

Item: Summer Intern at Nomura
Rating: 4.2
Author: Anonymous

at Nomura

Internship (1 Month+)

Economics, Investment Banking

London

Review Submitted: August 2024

Overall Rating

4.2 /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

4.3/5 - Skills Development

3.5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.5/5 - Company Culture

4.5/5 - Overall Experience

3/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

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

Rotated in structured rates trading and credit syndicate. Role revolves around helping team in automating daily tasks but mostly the individual project we are required to complete as interns. It gives opportunity to fully showcase your skillset and motivation to join the team. Shadowing people is also another important part of the internship, to fully see and experience what a day in their work lives looks like.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Not really, in the sense that I had to focus more on my personal individual project that actually helping in daily activities - I guess it's hard to assign to an intern the management of a trading book, as I think is understandable.

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 learnt new coding skills and new macro economic concepts in both my desks. I could experience both a rotation in the primary market and one in the secondary market so to give a more comprehensive view of financial market, from issuance to trading. I could learn more on structured products and understand how the math is applied in a day to day basis, really interesting.

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?

3/5

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?

It really depends on the desk you are in but I was lucky with both rotations and even busy traders could (most of the time) take some space in their day to explain new concepts and help you understand what is going on.