I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Nomura in Jan 2009
Interview
I was a lehman employee looking to be hired for a position in the structuring team of nomura hong kong. There was a transition team of ex-lehman employees which had been hired by nomura who facilitated this process. They were looking to hire two people in the role and. i was interviewed first by an associate who checked my derivatives pricing skills and excel proficiency. After that I interviewed with a VP who talked about my programming knowledge and tested me for a fit. Then two MDs interviewed me, one from sales who was going to work with our team and the head of the structuring team. The sales MD asked about my presentation making skills. Since i had not done any such work previously, this got over very quickly. THe MD from the structuring talked to me about everything on my resume from top to bottom. An advice to interview candidates would be to be honest about your abilities and not exaggerate even a little bit on the resume as you will be grilled extensively.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The most unexpected question for me was about excel shortcuts as till then i had worked as a trader and did not use excel to the extent that i had memorised shortcuts for even the little things.
Got an email with multiple meeting times. I chose my best available time, and they were very responsive to my questions. Ask me basic questions about my experience and previous jobs.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself?
Talk about a time when you needed to meet deadlines.
- First had to do call with HR person over the phone
- Then, was met manager over the phone
- Then, invited for an in person interviews at the office
- Then final interview with team members
I applied online. I interviewed at Nomura (Singapore) in Nov 2025
Interview
Had a face to face interview with the hiring manager. Was asked the common interview questions. I asked the hiring manager on the interview process and was told that I would be given an answer in 2 weeks time but sadly I was ghosted for 3 months and still no news.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Tell me about yourself
2. What are your strengths and weakness
Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Nomura with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 56% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Analyst roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 36 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Nomura overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Nomura as a Analyst according to 36 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
Phone interview: 21%
Presentation: 9%
Group panel interview: 9%
Background check: 9%
Skills test: 7%
Personality test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 2%
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