One of worst experiences I’ve had. I had 3 calls in total and no show for my 4th call. I simply got “apologies X didn’t join the call” nothing more and 2 weeks later I get a rejection. My first call was with their talent person and other ones with the senior HR. If a HR person thinks that she can simplify not turn up for the interview and not even apologise then I have a feeling that HR simply doesn't really care and does what it wants and there is no one to straighten them up - most of the people executives in that team have been there for 8-15 years so they probably feel too comfortable.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work for us? Why did you leave the last job? What attracted you to the role?
I applied online. I interviewed at Nomura in Jan 2026
Interview
Had three rounds- hiring manager, local colleague, global colleague. Never heard anything - completely ghosted for 6 weeks before I got a generic rejection email from the recruiter. Not respectful of me as a person or candidate considering how much time and energy I invested. I won't apply there again.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me about my experience working for global companies and global standards vs local expectations
I applied online. I interviewed at Nomura (Singapore) in Feb 2023
Interview
A terrible recruitment process where they put you through many rounds, tell you they are very interested to hire you only to reject you without a word. Totally unprofessional and dehumanising way of recruitment. Stay away unless you have a lot of time to spare.
HR applicants have rated the interview process at Nomura with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 40% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for HR roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 5 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 HR according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 38%
Presentation: 13%
Group panel interview: 13%
Drug test: 13%
Skills test: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
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