Nomura Holdings Global Structuring Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: It took me a while to figure it out. Most optimised method is to halving the range of numbers on each guess. Basically a variation of binary search
Tips: Prepare quant methods from Heard on the street

Round: Other Interview
Tips: Be ready for questions on why finance career, are you sitting for any other investment banking firm . It is important you explain to them your understanding on what derivatives are , what asset classes are. If you have background on economics /development theory you can talk about economy like recession,inflation and capital markets.

General Tips: Be very confident. The more you speak will make your interviewer to ask more questions about you. Also express genuine interest in finance by initiating conversation about market and economic current affairs . Be very frank if you do not have finance fundaes. Know what profile your sitting for- Very important.
Skill Tips: heard on the street - just graze it through
Skills: Quant
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: New learning experience. Company has good workload for interns and high expectations from them.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I knew some financial terms through the net and I could talk about it to some extent but the interviewer was an expert and corrected me a few times which made me focus on following questions so that I could answer them to my full knowledge.
Tips: Be prepared for whatever profile you are applying for and be thorough if you want to talk about a certain topic in depth.

Skill Tips: Be sure of yourself and think aloud so that no mistakes are made when solving.
Skills: Approaching a problem
Duration: 2 months
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: I am interested in finance and this internship has offered me a chance to explore and I thank my institute and my company for this.