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Global Markets (Sales, Trading & Structuring) - Summer Intern
at Nomura
Rating
4
Review
The first step of the process (prior to the interview) involved some online aptitude tests, specifically ones to test numerical and “inductive-logical” reasoning. An important tip is that this is very similar to the “Inductive Logic” practise tests available on JobTestPrep or similar websites, and I found them very useful to practise beforehand. The interview itself was a 30-minute phone call (no video), with one junior trader, who was quite technical and worked on lots of automated processes for trading and hedging. They introduced themselves and a little about what they do at the bank, before asking me to introduce myself, background and why I chose my degree subject. It then followed with both behavioural and technical questions. The behavioural questions involved my motivations for the role, why I think my skillset would be suited to the role, and what I believe the important skills are to succeed in the role. I was also asked what my strongest and weakest skills are. I justified what I was doing to work on improving my weakest skill (that I struggle to voice my opinion in larger groups or meetings), which the interview seemed to like, and I think is very much worth doing. The interviewer also asked what my leadership style is, very open-ended, and then pressed further into my answers, asking what the advantages and disadvantages of this are and why it suits me. The technical questions were relatively straightforward as markets questions go, primarily asking to explain what a few different financial products are. I was asked what a future is, and to give an example of when one might be used, as well as to describe what an option is, the payoffs in different scenarios, and why you might use one. As the first-round interview is only 30 minutes long, no more in-depth questions were asked regarding technicals, and it was wrapped up there (with the opportunity to ask if I had any question for the interviewer). They took many months to respond with a rejection after this interview however, which was not very positive, though I didn’t ever email to follow up myself. Overall, a pretty positive experience, and not overly difficult. Sufficient to have basic knowledge of the markets and financial products, and answers ready about yourself and your motivations and skills.
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Added by Anonymous
Global Markets (Sales, Trading & Structuring) - Summer Intern
at Nomura
Rating
4
Review
The first step of the process (prior to the interview) involved some online aptitude tests, specifically ones to test numerical and “inductive-logical” reasoning. An important tip is that this is very similar to the “Inductive Logic” practise tests available on JobTestPrep or similar websites, and I found them very useful to practise beforehand. The interview itself was a 30-minute phone call (no video), with one junior trader, who was quite technical and worked on lots of automated processes for trading and hedging. They introduced themselves and a little about what they do at the bank, before asking me to introduce myself, background and why I chose my degree subject. It then followed with both behavioural and technical questions. The behavioural questions involved my motivations for the role, why I think my skillset would be suited to the role, and what I believe the important skills are to succeed in the role. I was also asked what my strongest and weakest skills are. I justified what I was doing to work on improving my weakest skill (that I struggle to voice my opinion in larger groups or meetings), which the interview seemed to like, and I think is very much worth doing. The interviewer also asked what my leadership style is, very open-ended, and then pressed further into my answers, asking what the advantages and disadvantages of this are and why it suits me. The technical questions were relatively straightforward as markets questions go, primarily asking to explain what a few different financial products are. I was asked what a future is, and to give an example of when one might be used, as well as to describe what an option is, the payoffs in different scenarios, and why you might use one. As the first-round interview is only 30 minutes long, no more in-depth questions were asked regarding technicals, and it was wrapped up there (with the opportunity to ask if I had any question for the interviewer). They took many months to respond with a rejection after this interview however, which was not very positive, though I didn’t ever email to follow up myself. Overall, a pretty positive experience, and not overly difficult. Sufficient to have basic knowledge of the markets and financial products, and answers ready about yourself and your motivations and skills.