Software Developer Review

by Nomura

Best Student Employer

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Rating

4.2/5
  • The Role
    4.8
  • The Company
    4.4
  • The Culture
    3.1

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
  • Much harder than university but time seems to fly.

    4/5

  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
  • From day one I was involved in actual real software issues. After two weeks I was able to police my own working hours.

    5/5

  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
  • Had one member of the team with me for most of the time throughout the first few weeks

    5/5

  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
  • Come in at your start time, leave at your finish time. - unless there was a major issue that needed fixed. Very understanding of appointments etc.

    5/5

  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
  • Developed my own application for my and other teams to use. First line support.

    5/5

  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
  • Showed me how to program correctly and introduced me to many new libarys.

    5/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
  • Most of the time its just get on with the job - not much team work unless help is needed.

    4/5

  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
  • receiving job descriptions seem to take forever however prior to that and after that was extremly efficient and fast

    4/5

  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
  • They recruit 90% of interns

    5/5

  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
  • Flexi Time

    Subsidised Canteen

    Sports and Social Club

    Subsidised/Company Gym

    Company Parties/Events

    Staff Sales/Staff Shop

    Above 25 days holiday

    Working from home

    5/5

  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
  • They recruit 90% of interns and have a 2 year grad scheme

    5/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
  • Everyone was really nice but noone really stepped forward as the "social sec"

    4/5

  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
  • Its london - expensive!

    1/5

  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
  • No idea but its london so presumbly good

    3/5

  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
  • Nomura are very big on charity so plenty of charity events - almost weekly.

    5/5

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Computer Systems Engineering

London

August 2014


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