I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley in Jul 2011
Interview
Let me start by clarifying that I have almost 6 years of development experience. At this juncture I was not expecting basic core java questions. I could not have been more wrong! The first question they asked was "What makes Java Object Oriented". They really grill you on each and every concept. Few questions that I remember:
1. Difference between Iterator and for loop
2. Order of execution of static class level blocks, class level block and constructor.
3. Which is better interface or 100% Abstract Class and why?
4. Return statement in try, catch and finally. Which one executes when an exception occurs and what happens to the exception?
5. Something about Abstract class constructor.
6. Something about Cloneable Interface.
The interviewer was nice, she dropped a few hints if I was not sure but she also tried to confuse! So beware ! Overall a pleasant experience
Video interview and below are first level interview
Recruiter directly contact and scheduled interview.
There are more round also there but I couldn’t clear first which was simple however my prepration was not hood
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Core java basic questions
How to make Immutable class
Difference between LinkedList and ArrayList
SQL to delete all duplicate just keep one entry
I applied online. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Bengaluru) in Jan 2026
Interview
It has 6 rounds, all are technical.
Technical questions related to Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Kafka.
After 2 and half months, they don't have any answer and put the position on hold. This is totally wasting of time.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Bengaluru) in May 2025
Interview
I found the interview process at Morgan Stanley to be less about meaningful engagement with the candidate and more focused on showcasing the interviewer's own expertise. Rather than fostering a two-way conversation to evaluate mutual fit and problem-solving ability, the interaction felt one-sided and performative. There was a noticeable lack of genuine interest in understanding my background or perspectives, with much of the time spent on complex technical questions seemingly chosen more to impress than assess.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) HashMap, TreeMap (getListOf Employees and Addresses) fetch only Address from Employee List 2) Stream Operation to sort numbers, calculate time complexity 3) Priority queue implementation and insertion order 4) Find Minimum index from a rotated array with minimal time complexity.