🎯 Banking & fintech
Nomura interview
QA Automation Associate
ℹ️ Public reports for Nomura describe its general engineering interview loop; the QA/SDET loop may differ by team.
Interview rounds
- 1Recruiter screen
- 2Technical interview (Java, APIs, SQL)
- 3Managerial round
- 4HR round
What they focus on
- UFT/QTP descriptive programming (some teams)
- Hybrid frameworks
- SQL
- Communication with stakeholders
💡 Tip: Some Nomura QA teams list UFT alongside Selenium — check the job description and revise the tool it names.
Practice on a similar app
Apps on this site from the same business domain — write your automation against them before the interview.
Practice questions for Nomura
Filter by your experience, and pick a language, automation tool or database for theory and coding. Topics reported for Nomura come first; the “asked in most interviews” lists are general questions worth preparing for any company. Full question bank →
Reported for Nomura: Java, Selenium, Framework & CI, SQL. Other topics are here too — what you get asked depends on the team, so check the job description.
Theory
15 questions
Asked in most interviews · 30
30 questions
🤖 Emerging — increasingly asked (AI & LLM) · 34
AI-testing topics are showing up in more QA interviews, but weren't specifically reported for Nomura. Worth preparing if the role mentions AI.
34 questions
Coding
9 questions
Asked in most interviews · 15
15 questions
🤖 Emerging — increasingly asked (AI & LLM) · 9
AI-testing topics are showing up in more QA interviews, but weren't specifically reported for Nomura. Worth preparing if the role mentions AI.
9 questions
Behavioural & situational
2 questions
Asked in most interviews · 25
25 questions
🤖 Emerging — increasingly asked (AI & LLM) · 7
AI-testing topics are showing up in more QA interviews, but weren't specifically reported for Nomura. Worth preparing if the role mentions AI.
7 questions
Sources
Summarised in our own words; processes change and vary by team, role and location.
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