Mar 18, 2016

Nomura Sales and Trading Summer Advice

Hi, 1. What exactly does summer analyst do in sales and trading positions? 2. Do any of you guys know which desk perform best at Nomura? 3. How are Nomura's return offer rate? 4. Any advice?

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“John listened before giving advice. I told him I had accepted an offer at Bank of America but was still interested in JLL and Wellington. Instead of telling me what to do, he asked what I wanted from my career and helped me think about which path would give me more options. I also liked that he was honest about what he knew and didn’t know. He gave me a clear reason to keep working toward JLL, while reminding me that Bank of America was still a good place to start. When I practiced my interview answer, he told me what worked and gave me one simple way to improve it. That made the feedback easy to use. Most of all, John made me feel less stressed about figuring everything out right now. He offered to help with a mock interview too, which meant a lot to me. ”

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“The mentor provided extremely detailed and thoughtful feedback throughout our session. What I appreciated most was that the advice was not generic. He took the time to understand my background, past experiences, and the specific roles I am currently recruiting for, and then tailored his suggestions accordingly. He also connected many of his recommendations to his own professional background and experiences, which made the feedback much more practical and credible. Instead of simply telling me what to change, he explained why certain answers or approaches would be more effective and how an interviewer might interpret them. He also shared specific examples from his own experience to illustrate his points. I came away from the session with a much clearer understanding of both my strengths and the areas I should improve, as well as several concrete ways to strengthen my interview preparation. Overall, the session was extremely helpful, personalized, and actionable, and I would definitely work with him again.”

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lukykong

10y

When is the desk selection process?

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sithlord69

10y

Better yet-how do you get an offer without knowing what an S&T intern does?

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Spoli21

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In both sales and trading desk interns do a lot of shadowing (make sure you ask intelligent questions and not approach people when they are busy, sometimes someone would snap at you "Not now" but don't take it personal). Apart from that you could probably be assigned some admin tasks, e.g. reporting CC and AR for sales desk. You could also be ask to give trade idea pitches (both sales and trading) or to produce a strategy/back-test/optimize/automate something if you are on a trading desk. 2. Don't know which desks are the best, but it is probably not equities as they be laying off people massively in equities S&T and research in Europe. 3. Don't have a clue. 4. Look into products your desk does before your first day on the desk, be clued up on general market movements across asset classes, be humble and strike a fine balance between approaching different people too much and irritating them and not doing it at all. And also obvious one: be on time, dress appropriately ...

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