Junior Developer Review

I have learned so much within the short 10-weeks that I have been here. I was able to gain insight into Technology in the financial industry. I also had to chance to learn about other non-technical roles.

All the employees are very friendly and willing give up some of time for you to give you opportunities such as shadowing or having lunch with them to improve your network and for you to get know a bit more about the colleagues that you are going to be working with. They always wiling to help you in whatever you need. I get to work and contribute on on-going projects, which makes me feel very valued in the team.

I was given a lot of support to understand and get the hang of my tasks, My manager also clearly explain the tasks to me and was willing to help me when ever I got stuck.

Not very busy, but not free either. There are information talks that HR arranges for their placement and internship candidates to give them an insight into the different divisions in Nomura, what their roles and responsibilities are and what their aim for the future is. There is also work set by the manager to understand more about the role I am interning in at the moment.

Just as much responsibility as any other member in the team. I work on on-going real projects which means that I need to be careful when submitting work on to the online environment. The amount of responsibility for the work I have done is not too much because there is someone in the team that is willing to help teach you to understand if you have made any mistakes. After all, making mistakes is all part of the learning process.

100%. I developed numerous competency skills, such as teamwork, responsibility, communication and decision making. I also learned many technical skills, such as how to keep code clean, the importance of versioning and developing my Java coding skills. These skills are skills for life.

It is very friendly and open. They main a flat organization structure. This enables interns to be able to freely converse with senior members of staff. Everyone is wiling to give some of their time in order for you to answer any questions you may have.

The HR was organised from the very start to the end. At the beginning, they always made sure to keep me updated on the progress of my application. They are easily reachable whenever I had any questions or concerns. After accepting the internship, they made sure to arrange networking events to meet the rest of the placements/interns and to meet some of the staff members. While on the placement, they arranged talks for us to get to know Nomura and the divisions they have available, which gave us a chance to explore a bit more.

Apart from arranging informative talks, they also had presentation work shops to help us improve our presentation skills. They also set me up with a Mentor and a Buddy to help me get settled in and understand the processes and procedures in the area that I am currently working in.

There is a Terrace Bar event every Thursday after work to get to socialize with students/colleagues.

Regular emails are sent to keep you informed of all the activities that you can take part in, such as Boat Party, Marathons or even golfing events for charity