Technology Industrial Placement Intern Review

by Nomura

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.4/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Software engineering with Java, Python and SQL. Working in a team to produce code for a release.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Developed: Java, SQL, Maven, Git Learnt: Spring, Apache Spark, Dremio, Linux


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes, a lot of responsibility was given since day 1 of the placement.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Whenever I needed help my manager would be there to answer any questions


  • 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

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • I felt very welcomed and enjoyed the work culture and atmosphere a lot.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • 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

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I really enjoyed it because I learnt a lot of very valuable industry skills, and improved on skills I already had experience with. Working with senior developers helped me to improve my coding by a huge scale and I enjoyed working with the people in my team.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 5/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Nomura
  • 3/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Nomura to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Nomura
  • You're applying as a placement student so you're not expected to know lots about coding, so make sure to show that you are committed, adaptable and are able to work in a team.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Computer Science

London

June 2022


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