Technology Engineer Industrial Placement Review

Item: Technology Engineer Industrial Placement at Nomura
Rating: 5
Author: Anonymous

at Nomura

Placement (10 Months+)

Software Engineering

City of London

Review Submitted: June 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 - 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.

On a day-to-day, I engage in Scrum meetings as per Agile SDLC, prepare myself for any work that I need to do, and start working. I will plan any development that I need to do, and reach out to any colleagues that I need to cooperate with on any particular development tasks. I typically have at least 2 meetings a day just for technical conversations, and the rest of the day is for me to work on software-engineering-related tasks.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was given quite a bit of responsibility. I worked on the modernisation of my team’s application. This is going to be used throughout the company even while I am gone, which is very rewarding, knowing that work I have done will have a lasting impact. Moreover, I got to work in different parts of my team, to further understand the entire system, and how everything intertwines, which I really enjoyed. Working on different parts of the same project was very rewarding.

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 learnt many new skills, including JavaScript and ReactJS. I’ve also developed my knowledge of SQL and Java during my placement, which will be very helpful going back to University to finish my degree. I have also developed on my soft skills, including public speaking, organisation and productivity. These will be very transferrable as I continue to University, and further in my career. The Java, SQL, JavaScript and ReactJS were developed a lot during this placement in particular.

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 got a lot of support from HR and from members of my team. When I needed help, I would know who to go to.

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 culture was rich, and there are people from all over the world, so culture was very integrated into the work life. I got to meet and work with people from all over the world.