Basic Information

• Name: Aarushi Agarwal
• Email: aarushiktps@gmail.com
• Curriculum: Dual Degree
• Year of Study: 5th
• Company / University: Nomura
• Role: Investment Banking
• Duration: ‘25 Summers
• Mode: On-site
• Location: Mumbai

Targeted Domain

Finance, Strategy

How I Got This Internship

I started reaching out people in November end, got to hear back in March.

Preparation Resources

CFA Level 1 chapters, recent news articles, brainsteller, took help from friends for understanding some concepts:)

Tests and Interviews

The interviews were mostly HR-based, with questions like “Why Investment Banking?”, along with some on mental maths and recent finance news. They also asked about my VC internship and finance-related projects, like options pricing and algo trading.

Handling Rejections

Improving on the feedback

Work / Project

Worked on live investment deals

Organizational Culture

The people there were very cooperative, and the work environment was positive and friendly. The training was thorough, and everything was explained and trained really well.

Networking

Yes, many

Overall Experience

Very good

Would You Recommend?

If you are interested in exploring finance then you should go for that

Additional Notes

Try to explore as many opportunities as possible, and then focus and prepare thoroughly for the one you truly want to pursue.