Nomura Holdings Interview Questions

196 total interview insight submissions

Interview Experience (93%)

The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

3.7
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Interview Difficulty (95%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

2.9
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% Interns - FT Offers (92%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

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Interviews at Nomura Holdings

Year Position Location Group/Division Experience Difficulty
2023 summer analyst New York Sales and Trading Negative Average
2022 Middle Office Analyst New York Operations Positive Very Easy
2023 2024 Investment Banking Summer Analyst San Francisco Investment Banking Neutral Average
2022 FIG Madrid Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Negative Difficult
2022 Analyst New York Information Technology (IT) Neutral Average
2022 Internship London Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Positive Average
2022 Investment Banking Summer Analyst New York Generalist Positive Average
2022 Intern Frankfurt Investment Banking Positive Average
2020 1v1 phone call New York Investment Banking Negative Average
2022 Operations Summer Analyst New York Operations Positive Easy

summer analyst Interview - Sales and Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in New York

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Employee Referral

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: August 2023 Date Submitted: Sep 09, 2023

Application

Phone Interview

Interview

one first round phone one super day 3 video interviews. It was an overall pretty standard interview for sales and trading

Interview Questions

Tell me something not on your resume
Sample Answer

Middle Office Analyst Interview - Operations

Anonymous employee in New York

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: January 2022 Date Submitted: Jun 30, 2023

Application

Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Drug Test
Background Check

Interview

I first applied online then was contacted by the recruiter for the role. There was an introductory call with the recruiter then a 2 hour long interview with 2 people on 2 different desks. Both were very laid back and mainly behavioral and fit questions to get to know you more and your background with how it relates to the role. After the 2 hour interview I was given an offer over the phone within a week.

Interview Questions

Walk me through your resume and how it relates to the role
Sample Answer

2024 Investment Banking Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in San Francisco

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: April 2023 Date Submitted: May 11, 2023

Application

Phone Interview

Interview

Applied Online and received a first-round interview after 5 days with an Associate where I was asked a variety of behavioral questions and some light technicals. Somewhat easy but did not get a superday.

Interview Questions

Tell me about a macroeconomic trend
Sample Answer

FIG Interview - Financial Institutions Group (FIG)

Anonymous interview candidate in Madrid

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: April 2022 Date Submitted: May 05, 2023

Application

1 on 1 Interview

Interview

First round consisted of two interviews with Analyst and Associate. The Analyst had recently converted and had limited idea about the FIG business so he made general IB questions (valuation, market knowledge, banking ecosystem opinion); the Associate also made general M&A questions and went a bit deeper with some FIG valuation questions (metrics, CET1, AT1, CET2).

The second round (and last for me) also consisten in two interviews, with VP and Director. The director asked a few baking questions to feel my knowledge about the industry: transactions I knew, my opinion about these, experience in the industry, my opinion about banking ecosystem and synergies/consolidation. The VP asked me lots of questions about statements (specially BS and P&L) for Banks and Insurance companies, also asked me to rank all the banks in the country in terms of assets, finally asked me for my personal outlook view for the banking sector and how rates movements would react on margins

Interview Questions

Associate also made general M&A questions and went a bit deeper with some FIG valuation questions (metrics, CET1, AT1, CET2).
Sample Answer

Analyst Interview - Information Technology (IT)

Anonymous employee in New York

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

2-3 months
Interviewed: November 2022 Date Submitted: Mar 27, 2023

Application

1 on 1 Interview

Interview

2022.12.21 First round - 2 rounds, 1-on-1 interviews full of tech problems
2023.01.19  Final round - 2 rounds, 1-on-1 interviews full of tech problems
2023.02.15 offer call

Interview Questions

what is SQL index
How a website process the request
How app deal with files
What is greedy
Any problems you meet in multiple threads
Sample Answer

Internship Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT)

Anonymous employee in London

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

3-4 months
Interviewed: October 2022 Date Submitted: Mar 01, 2023

Application

Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test

Interview

Firstly started with applying online and doing a numerical reasoning test as well as a logical reasoning test. Heard back a days later with an invitation to a telephone interview, had a few technical questions but most were competency based questions. Was then later invited to the London office for a group interview/networking session with recruiters from different divisions. Had to do a group presentation in front of the different recruiters on a task given to us. Was then told if specific divisions were interested we would have a final virtual super day with multiple interviews. Had 4 final interviews with different divisions and then waited around a week or so and received a phone call with an offer.

Interview Questions

Asked me how I would approach a problem using SQL (I found this difficult as I don't have much experience with SQL).
Sample Answer

Investment Banking Summer Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in New York

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Employee Referral

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: June 2022 Date Submitted: Dec 04, 2022

Application

Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview

Interview

It was straightforward. I applied around March or April and heard back from HR for first round phone interview around mid-May. I did that (30 min phone screen with basic behaviorals and techinicals) and got invited for the virtual Superday two weeks later. The Superday comprised of three 30-min 1-on-1 back to back interviews. The first was with an an M&A Assoc, 2nd was with a LevFin Assoc, and last one was with a Director in C&R. Generally speaking, the first 2 were relatively simple behaviorials and for technicals, I was asked talk about past internship/finance society experiences as well as some questions about DCF and LBO, but nothing too crazy. The last interview was more of a natural conversation/exchange where I was asked a lot about why I did what I did (i.e. why go to this school, why did that internship, why banking, etc.) and some examples where I demonstrated this or that quality. In terms of technicals, it wasn't textbook questions but rather "case-study" of my understanding of the market, etc. Again, nothing to extreme. After the Superday, I heard back a couple days from HR with an offer.

Interview Questions

There weren't any really difficult questions. In terms of what was unexpected, when I was doing my "tell me abt yourself" response, in which I made a reference to a case competition/valuation/pitch of company X which I did my freshman year --> played a role in building my interest in finance, the interviewer stopped me half-way through and essentially asked "who the hell would want to buy that company?"
Sample Answer

Intern Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in Frankfurt

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: August 2022 Date Submitted: Oct 11, 2022

Application

Phone Interview

Interview

3 interviews a 45min each for Frankfurt, 1 Associate, 2 Analysts; then 1 confirmatory interview with ED

Interview Questions

None
Sample Answer

1v1 phone call Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in New York

Outcome

Declined Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: September 2020 Date Submitted: Sep 16, 2022

Application

Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview

Interview

I applied online, and then I was selected for a first round interview. I did not make it past the first round phone call.

Interview Questions

What would you look at on a 10K/10Q when looking to invest in a company?
If a company asked you to advise them on raising debt, what would you look at?
Sample Answer

Operations Summer Analyst Interview - Operations

Anonymous employee in New York

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: January 2022 Date Submitted: Sep 13, 2022

Application

Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Drug Test
Background Check

Interview

Applied on Nomura website and got selected for initial phone screening. Final round interview consisted of three back to back 30 min interviews. All behavioral

Interview Questions

A few brain teasers such as basic probability that were fairly simple
Sample Answer