I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Nomura (London, England) in Nov 2020
Interview
A general discussion about previous roles and approach to problem solving. This part went really well. But the company has a tendency to ghost candidates and you hear nothing back in the form of feedback or even the outcome of the interview. I was so excited about the possibility of joining the company so the wait was hard and eventually I had to just assume I'd been unsuccessful. A friend interviewed with them a number of years ago and apparently had a similar experience.
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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