Nomura Spring Internship Review
at Nomura
Internship (1 Month+)
Investment Banking
London, UK
Review Submitted: April 2026
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!
4/5
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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.
It was a four day insight programme in accordance with SEO London. First day was introduction and accounting fundamentals. Tuesday was accounting fundamentals. Sales, Trading and structuring over view talks with a networking lunch. After was a global markets case. Third day had an overview talk into IBD and then a network lunch with ESG talk with diversity panel talk. Last event was an M&A case study with a social. Thursday was a half day with a pitch session and presentation.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
It’s more to do with how you treat the tasks. It was good to treat it as an analyst task.
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?
Teamwork, macro-economic analysis, accounting fundamentals, investment banking thesis.
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?
There was a mentor provided and the people were very open to speak 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?
All employees said similar things. The enjoyed how it was small and drives for hard work.
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?
It was very hands on and it was wonderful to meet the people on my co-hort and the employees at the firm.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Nomura to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Nomura
Focus on how you can develop as an individual.
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Nomura
5/5
Did you receive an offer to return as a graduate?
Waiting to hear
