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.
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
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?
Human Resources 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 Human Resources 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 Human Resources according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 38%
Group panel interview: 13%
Drug test: 13%
Skills test: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
Presentation: 13%
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