I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Nomura
Interview
1st round of technical interview followed by 2nd round and HR round simultaneously. It was conducted in campus recruitment. In 1st round they asked questions about projects, SQL, logic based program in any language etc. and general questions about things mentioned in CV, hobbies as well. In next technical round they grilled over SQL, language, puzzles, probability based questions etc. HR round was simple related to family background, about us, etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want a job why don't you invest in a startup?
Round 0: Team Formation: You start by forming a team, usually of two people . Choosing a teammate with complementary and strong skills is critical .
Round 1: Executive Summary: Teams submit a concise proposal (max 2 pages) outlining their solution to the given problem statement . This is a crucial filtering round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked to build an ai agentic system for a hackathon
5 rounds: Online Assessment, Technical interviews, interviews with Managers
They asked alot questions and its about 1 hour each round.
Its about CS fundamentals and your applied programming language.
Behavial questions.
System design topics.
Interview process was streamlined and very reasonable. It was a couple rounds of technicals, software then brain teasers, but nothing outlandish.
The people themselves were very pleasant which was a refreshing surprise from a corporate environment.
Nomura interviews FAQs
Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Nomura with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 31% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Developer roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 16 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 Developer according to 16 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Phone interview: 20%
Skills test: 15%
Group panel interview: 12%
Presentation: 12%
Drug test: 7%
Background check: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Personality test: 2%
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