Tech Industrial Placement Intern Review
at Nomura
Placement (10 Months+)
Computer Science
London
Review Submitted: May 2025
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.
Java Software Developer
Implementing new enhancements to existing systems, maintenance, or carrying out migrations to new modern solutions.
Research on new technologies
Team communication and coordination with some requirement gathering from stakeholders
Testing and documenting changes
Engaging in social events and societies in and out of work
Implementing new enhancements to existing systems, maintenance, or carrying out migrations to new modern solutions.
Research on new technologies
Team communication and coordination with some requirement gathering from stakeholders
Testing and documenting changes
Engaging in social events and societies in and out of work
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Given extremely high responsibility, carried out massive production changes and critical migrations.
Gave live demonstrations to senior stakeholders and gathered requirements for future enhancements.
Gave technical presentations to senior leads
Company is based on trust of what you do
Always open to new work and taking strict ownership of my work and changes
Gave live demonstrations to senior stakeholders and gathered requirements for future enhancements.
Gave technical presentations to senior leads
Company is based on trust of what you do
Always open to new work and taking strict ownership of my work and changes
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?
Concurrent programming
Data structures and their applications
Event/Message driven architecture
Trade lifecycling
Learning how to present
New technologies like Spring/JMS/JDBC
Communicating ideas to different types of audiences
Data structures and their applications
Event/Message driven architecture
Trade lifecycling
Learning how to present
New technologies like Spring/JMS/JDBC
Communicating ideas to different types of audiences
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?
Had teammates in London, Singapore and India to help me onboard to the company, they are all technical people who know what they are doing
Each intern was assigned a buddy and a mentor to go to for help as well. The buddy is usually someone who has worked on your team or closely related to your team, and to chat to informally.
Each intern was assigned a buddy and a mentor to go to for help as well. The buddy is usually someone who has worked on your team or closely related to your team, and to chat to informally.
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?
Company structure is very flat , you can speak to senior people very easily
Everyone is super nice (speaking from Technology sector only) and easy to get on with
Everyone is trustworthy
Atmosphere is very inviting, open floor office, encourages a lot of chats and catch ups
Company culture is based on a lot of trust between people, and getting things done.
Everyone is super nice (speaking from Technology sector only) and easy to get on with
Everyone is trustworthy
Atmosphere is very inviting, open floor office, encourages a lot of chats and catch ups
Company culture is based on a lot of trust between people, and getting things done.
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 absolutely loved my placement, I extended by another 9 weeks to work over the summer because of how fun it is
There was so much to learn and do and has also improved my social life
Every project was impactful and had unique learning experience
There was so much to learn and do and has also improved my social life
Every project was impactful and had unique learning experience
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
Get good grades in Year 1 and Year 2
Try and get some experience/ project done outside of university as a bonus, you can still use university projects as they are also good
Research the company well and be prepared for phone and final interviews where general questions may be asked
Try and get some experience/ project done outside of university as a bonus, you can still use university projects as they are also good
Research the company well and be prepared for phone and final interviews where general questions may be asked
