Global Markets Summer Analyst Review
at Nomura
Internship (1 Month+)
Investment Banking
City of London
Review Submitted: August 2022
Overall Rating
4.9 /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
4.8/5
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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
4/5
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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.
Primary task as an intern is a 4 week project with the main focus of it being your own education. Aside from that, main activities are shadowing anyone you want to on the floor and completing small tasks for the team or yourself
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
As much as you can on a trading floor given its highly regulated nature
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?
Developed my coding skills as well as improving my technical understanding of markets
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?
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?
Plenty. Unlike other places, people are extremely happy and keen to give up their time and in those conversations you can definitely ask for support and guidance
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?
No big egos, just people good at their job who are happy to patiently share what they know
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?
A large extent. Lots of technical immersion and got a great first-hand experience of the markets.
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
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Nomura to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Nomura
If you study a Economics/Finance degree, have a very clear understanding of current market themes and the drivers of main asset classes as you probably will be tested on that
