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The easy way to answer this question is to shift the focus from the bank itself to the people you have networked with.

I bet you could easily pivot to say, "Every bank says how great they are, but a bank's culture is really just a collection of its people. Since starting networking with Nomura, I've been really impressed with people like Name in group who explained how they train up new Analysts, and Name in group who described how the team prepared for a cross-border M&A pitch. These were real examples of teamwork which really made an impact in my mind, and I could see myself fitting in well with the teams here in this platform."

Guarantee this is more thoughtful than regurgitating the company vision statement, unless you're talking to HR and then I would shoe-horn what I outlined above into referencing the vision/mission/purpose/values. E.g. "I read that Nomura's founder said to "Place clients at the heart of everything we do" and during my time networking with Nomura bankers I've already heard several examples that have turned that idea into action. For example, I learned from Name about ..."

Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes.
 

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