Software Developer Review
at Nomura
Placement (10 Months+)
Information Technology
EC4R 3AB
Review Submitted: August 2021
Overall Rating
4.1 /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!
4/5
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Overview of Role
4.5/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
3.8/5
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Company Culture
3.5/5
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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.
I attended a scrum call every morning to update my scrum master on what job I was doing and its progress. I then spent the day working through this task or providing support to a colleague if I did not have anything to work on at that time. I then met my manager in the evening to go through any tasks I had issues with/had questions on, in order to increase my understanding.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Initially was provided support with tasks, eventually moving onto bug fixes/development independently once tickets were assigned.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Debugging - debugging Java code using the IDE, learning to break down existing codelines in order to test all possible sources of bugs, along with more reference to documentation and online research in case I was unable to solve it there and then. Coding - Consolidated my Java and Python, also picked up Maven & Spring Boot.
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?
4/5
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?
A good amount - I was never made to feel helpless when it came to a task as I always had a direct line to my line manager and my colleague. Evening meetings were fruitful in providing me with the necessary guidance to get me on track if I felt I was stuck on an issue.
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?
4/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Difficult to get involved in given that I worked from home for the entirety of placement, but there was evident diligence across the team, also with a recognition that contact was significantly limited, so there were opportunities given to have a chill chat with colleagues at the end of the week.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
3/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
It was fun to learn about the varying functions of the projects being worked on, however being stuck at home for the entirety of the placement made it difficult to keep up that enjoyment. It was quite slow at the beginning as well, since I had to carry out onboarding which was inhibited by the lack of personal contact between myself and the team.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
3/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
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 inquisitive - there is no such thing as a stupid question. Use any opportunity you have to network, you may find it useful in the future to have contacts if you wish to come back. Make the most of the work available - the experience is invaluable for your uni degree and career. Be proactive, seek out more work if possible and try to form a rapport with all of your colleagues, it makes communication easier.
