Technology Intern Review

by Nomura

Best Student Employer

Rating

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

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • I am a developer in Global Markets, working on transitioning a legacy platform to a modern Kubernetes micro services based architecture. My day starts with global team meetings to update the teams about the tasks I have completed and what i would be working on next. The rest of my day consists of coding, code review, testing and debugging, deployment. I also take part in many extracurricular activities such as singing, sports.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I have developed many important transferable skills such as communication, collaborating, networking, team work and other important skills. I have also learnt Spring Framework, DevOps, Bash, MongoDB, Rest service development, Kubernetes, Helm charts and further developed my knowledge in working with API's, Gitlab, React, Typescript, Css, SQL, PostMan.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • 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. I was accountable for all the projects I was working on. I also had full responsibility in developing time sensitive python scripts for a cyber security audit.


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

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • I started off with a week long training program in finance and python with the rest of my cohort. We also had access to PluralSight to learn different languages and get familiar with API's. Furthermore, I also had an excellent support system in the form of a buddy and mentor in addition to my manager, my team and my cohort. We had regular catch-ups which helped me ease into my role.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • The company culture is excellent and aligns with my values. The general atmosphere is very friendly, safe, helpful. It is easy to speak to anyone and gain insights and advice.


  • 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 loved my experience at Nomura. I learned a lot, my team was excellent and my manager helped me ease into my role balancing learning as well as working on exciting new projects. I built my network by participating in various events.


  • 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
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Nomura
  • Ask a lot of questions, have a keen interest and passion for technology.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Computer Science, Information Technology

London

June 2024


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