Technology Placement Intern Review
by Nomura
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
5.0
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Nomura
- 7. Would you recommend Nomura to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Nomura
Overview
Developing software, attending scrum calls, working remote as well as in-office, demonstrating my work and receiving feedback, having peer programming sessions
Skills
Have learnt a lot of devops and server related skills, and how software dev is carried out in a professional setting. Additionally have improved by existing frontend and backend development skills.
Responsibilities
Since I was the only member of my team with experience in React, I led the development of the new microfrontends developed for our team's UI. Additionally, I occasionally supervised the tasks of other team members new to the frontend. I also performed important backend tasks under the supervision of our technical lead.
Support & Guidance
The HR graduate recruitment team was always able to respond immediately to any queries and my team members and manager were very open with each other, leading to a very supportive environment.
Culture
There's a strong business/corporate culture, and people are expected to dress in a formal manner. However, people are still relaxed and open with each other, and working hours and days in-office are flexible. There's also a strong emphasis on having a good work-life balance.
Your Impressions
I enjoyed the placement very much, and believe there are few other companies where I would've had as good a time working. The days flew by and I'm hoping for a return offer.
Yes
Think about what exactly you want to do, but be willing to try out different teams, as there's a lot of intersection between work, and you may enjoying working somewhere you initially thought may not be as much fun.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Software Engineering, UX/UI Design, Front-end Development, Computer Science
London
June 2023
