I applied through other source. I interviewed at Nomura
Interview
1) Intro call with manager
2) 3, 1hr technical interviews
3) More interviews with team members
For part 2, out of the 3 sessions 2 of them were great developers were very friendly and seemed very collaborative.
The last session was with two devs overseas, and they were kinda rude. Mainly having 3 people on the interview was the problem. Engineer1 would ask a question, i'd begin answering the question and then engineer2 would interrupt , reframe question which caused me to reframe answer with out completely answering the first question. It was kind of annoying because this went on for an entire hour.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode questions based around data structures and algs
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
Software 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 Software 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 Software Developer according to 16 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Phone interview: 20%
Skills test: 15%
Presentation: 12%
Group panel interview: 12%
Drug test: 7%
Background check: 5%
Personality test: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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