I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Nomura (Mumbai) in Feb 2010
Interview
Initially, long waiting hours even on reaching the venue at designated time. Interviewer was a bit harsh on technical details and was deep diving into every little aspect. Not very friendly, Interviewer was drawing conclusions which were completely off the track.
In all, Interviewer had made up a mindset and was adamant to divert his understanding. Overall HR response was impressive, but Interviewer was not at all happy with his job.
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.
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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.
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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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