Nomura·Software Engineer

Nomura Software Engineer interview experience

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United KingdomPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview went through a fairly straightforward sequence: a recruiter call first, then multiple technical rounds where the center of gravity was system design and algorithms.

After that, there were additional follow-up conversations that still stayed anchored in technical depth rather than anything overly exotic, and there was also a behavioral component. The difficulty level felt medium overall, but it could turn up fast once the interviewer started drilling into my answers.

In the first two technical interviews, system design and algorithms were the main focus, and I spent a lot of time thinking through tradeoffs and how to structure solutions. Later, I got pulled into Java fundamentals, especially around concurrency and optimization, which was the part that

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