Nomura

Nomura's published application process is a four-stage flow: an online application, online assessments (required for AeJ and EMEA only), a first interview, and a final interview. First-round interviews are typically conducted over the phone with junior members of the business area applied to; final-round interviews are with more senior business members and may be virtual or in person, mixing competency and technical questions, with a case study in the final round for Investment Banking and Global Markets. Because applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and Nomura caps each candidate at one program per recruitment cycle globally, the loop is a single concentrated bet — submitting late means competing against everyone who applied earlier in the window, with no fallback to a second region or division in the same cycle.

Nomura's globally run programs span the Americas, Europe, and Asia excluding Japan (AeJ) across Investment Banking, Global Markets, Technology, and Corporate Functions:

• Summer Internship: 10 weeks in the Americas (New York, San Francisco; Jun–Aug); 9 weeks in Europe (Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Zurich) and AeJ (China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, Taiwan).
• Off-Cycle Internship (Europe): 3–6 months, year-round; in AeJ, a 9-week Global Markets off-cycle (Feb–Apr) and a 6-month CDO off-cycle (Jan and Jul starts).
• Industrial Placement (Europe only): 12 months, June start.
• Spring Insight Programs (EMEA only): 1–2 weeks in April, for first-year students on a three-year UK degree or second-year on a four-year degree.
• Apprenticeship (EMEA only): 12–24 months across Corporate divisions including Technology and HR.
• Full-Time Graduate Analyst: July start across regions, filled predominantly through intern conversion.

Internships are explicitly non-rotational — each is a direct-to-desk placement in one division for the duration — and Nomura accepts only one application globally per recruitment cycle, so picking format, region, and division is the first real decision in the season rather than something to explore mid-internship.

Nomura publishes application-open windows by region and program; review is rolling rather than a fixed close, so each window stays open until the program is filled:

• Americas Summer Internship: applications open Jan (Investment Banking, Global Markets) or Jul (Technology, Corporate Functions); 10-week program runs Jun–Aug.
• Americas Full-Time Analyst: applications open Sep; program starts July.
• Europe Summer, Industrial Placement, and Spring Insight: applications open Sep; Summer is 9 weeks Jun–Aug, Industrial Placement is 12 months from Jun, Spring Insight is 1–2 weeks in April.
• Europe Off-Cycle Internship: year-round applications, 3–6 month programs starting year-round.
• AeJ Summer Internship: applications open Jul for Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan; May for Sydney. Program 9 weeks, Jun–Aug.
• AeJ Off-Cycle: Global Markets 9-week (Feb–Apr) and CDO 6-month (Jan, Jul) starts; HK/SGP/TW applications open Jul.

Because review is rolling, the earliest applications inside a window are screened first; a candidate targeting Americas IB summer is competing against everyone who applied in January and earlier rather than the full Jan–Mar pool at once.

Nomura is Japan's largest investment bank and brokerage group, with roots tracing to 1925 in Osaka and a current footprint of around 28,000 people, four business divisions (Wealth Management, Investment Management, Wholesale, Banking) and a presence across more than 30 countries; Wikipedia records that its global investment-banking and equities scale outside Japan was built largely through the 2008 acquisition of Lehman Brothers' Asia-Pacific business and Lehman's Europe-and-Middle-East investment-banking and equities arms. Programmatically, Nomura internships are explicitly non-rotational and direct-to-desk — the firm states "we do not offer rotational internship programs across divisions... your internship will be a direct-to-desk placement within a particular business." For a candidate weighing Nomura against bulge-bracket banks that build two- or three-desk rotations into the summer, division choice is locked in at application time, so the research and self-selection happens before submitting rather than during the program.

Yes. Nomura currently has 2 open internship and graduate roles on Jorb AI: summer internships, insight programs, graduate schemes, and early-career positions across Singapore. Postings update continuously as new roles are added and filled.

Nomura has open internship and graduate roles in Singapore. Specific offices and program structure (summer vs year-round, internship vs graduate scheme) vary by region; check individual postings for details.

Applications to Nomura go through the official careers site. Each role on this page links directly to the specific application. Nomura does not use third-party submission services.