Women's Immersion Program - Global Markets Review

by Nomura

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Rating

4.7/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Business Insight
    4.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of the insight and what was involved on a day-to-day basis.
  • lots of networking and conversation starting - a willingness to learn is essential Shadowing people working on desks and asking as many questions as possible to gain a coherent understanding of what they do in their day to day, their product, and how to trade it Working on a project given by my managers to enrich my understanding of how the macroeconomic picture affects my desk


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
  • Better confidence in reaching out and networking overall a more coherent understanding of how markets worked - specifically swaps improved public presentation skills - worked alot on disfluencies a deeper and richer understanding of how IB and GM works


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the knowledge learned around industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the knowledge learned around personal or professional skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how the knowledge learned has helped you with regards to your career development
  • 5/5

    Business Insight

  • 3. What was it like understanding all about the business and potential roles available?
  • it was made very clear what the oportunities presented to us were, and how we could get them There was a real emphaisis on reaching out and finding the sector that is the right fit. Everyone was incredibly conversational and nice


  • Please rate how insightful you found the insight
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the structure of the insight
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate business leader involvement during the insight
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 4. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • incredibly personable and friendly. In my teams there was quite a flat structure and every member of the team really added value nomura has a great culture of honesty and excellence and it is evident in talking to the teams.


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

  • How would you rate the networking opportunities?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how valued you felt during your insight?
  • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 5. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
  • This was such an amazing experience. I honeslty have never seen so many women in a room in finance, it was so motivating. Getting the opportunity to sit on the desk has been invaluable


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on the insight
  • 5/5

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

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

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


  • 8. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Nomura
  • Prep the general interview questions


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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Investment Banking

London

April 2023


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