ETrading Strategy summer intern Review

by Nomura

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.5/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Analysis and building a predictive model for specific government bonds.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Mostly improved existing technical skills (using different Python libraries).


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

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • 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
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes, in terms of building a model, I was encouraged a lot to come forward with my own ideas.


  • 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?
  • I had weekly meetings with my manager, sometimes even more than once a week, to figure out the next step and discuss the work I've done.


  • 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?
  • Overall, very approachable and supportive.


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

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

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I think it was very meaningful - both in improving my existing skills and acquiring new ones. During the 8 weeks I got to meet a lot of talented and experienced people, whose advice and guidance helped a lot.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

  • 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 advice would you give to others applying to Nomura
  • Apply early, be confident and curious, ask questions and be open about the things you don't know.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Research, Data Science

London

August 2023


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