Nomura Investment Banking Analyst interview experience

It started with a first round that was split between a short technical segment and competency-based questions. After that, I went into a final stage that was essentially a case-and-interview day: I was given a case study where I had to read through a pitch deck and then answer a set of follow-up questions within a time limit.

Then the interviewers shifted back into traditional conversation style, with multiple back-to-back interviews. Each one combined a mix of technical and behavioral questions, so I couldn’t really “switch off” between math/finance topics and explaining how I worked or