Software Engineer Review
by Nomura
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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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
I had a Devops role as part of SDLC Engineering Team. I worked on various internal applications through Full Stack Development in an Agile Team. For development I used CI/CD as part of the Nomura DevOps Module and Toolchain.
Skills
Yes: -React & Redux -Docker -HTML, CSS, JS -NodeJS & Express -MySql -Jenkins build & deployment -Ansible -Sonarqube metrics -Splunk metrics -Unix -Natural Language Processing -Unix -Confluence -JIRA & ZEPHYR -Unit and functional testing automation hooked up with Zephyr -API usage and design -UX design -Logical thinking & decision making -Project planning and management -Active listening and efficient communication
Responsibilities
I was given a lot of responsibility for an intern, being treated more like an actual full time employee. I handled numerous apps with thousands of users per week or business critical at the same time.
Support & Guidance
I received a lot of support and guidance during the placement from both my manager and mentor and also the team. Every time I had a question or misunderstanding, I could easily reach out to someone and ask for help.
Culture
The general atmosphere was very positive. Almost everybody was eager to help, network or just have a chat. People easily understood personal requirements and thus were quite flexible. Every Thursday, there was a Drinks on the terrace event where everybody from the firm was free to join to just have a drink and chat over the beautiful London view at the 6th floor at the Nomura Lane Office.
Your Impressions
I enjoyed my placement a lot an I think I learned a lot and made many valuable connections.
Yes
1. Research Nomura and its business 2. Prepare well both technically for your job but also soft skills 3. For any role, have some financial and Excel knowledge
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Information Technology
London
July 2022
