First two went fairly quick, within a month. First was a screening, feedback was positive. Second was with the Head of IT, also positive - wanted to move to a technical interview for Identity. Technical interview never came - all interviews were put on hold for 2 months. Fine. I wait. Recruiter comes back, Tells me they can't get a hold of the hiring manager and I should consider that a dismissal and apply for something else. So yeah, ghosting is acceptable practice at Nomura, even after being strung along for nearly 5 months, as is lying to people. Don't bother. There's very little difference between you applying and not applying and they do not respect your experience nor your time - and they're too unprofessional to reject you.