I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Hong Kong) in Oct 2020
Interview
First round is a 30~45 mins phone interview. Pretty standard question, self introduction, basic C++ concept, common Linux commands.
Second round is one hour HackerRank test and one hour system design question. Each sessions have 2 interviewers.
The questions I got for HackerRank test doen't involve too much algorithm, such as string manipulation. I didn't talk much about what my thinking process is and jump right into it, because there's really nothing to talk about. Based on the outcome, I guess they think I don't know how to communicate.
For system design it's also built up from a simple question and then emerge into questions like how to ensure high availablity. I've no idea how they can tell if a candidate is good enough by asking these questions.
It's really a disappointment that it's more like a hire for new grad because the questions I encounter have nothing to do with my work experience. And it also disapoints me that I don't really get any C++ question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find special charaters like digit and question mark in a string.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Budapest) in Jun 2020
Interview
1st round : A phone interview with basic technical questions.
2nd round: 1,5 hour long video interview with my future team. Harder technical questions and programming independent logical questions.
3rd round: HR phone interview about your expectations, and salary.
4th round: Video interview with the management. Just technical questions.
5th round (if it's count) : They told me that I got the job. "It's not an interview just an informal team fit video chat with your team."- stated by my HR contact. In fact, it seemed to me that it was an interview full of technical questions.
After that, a few weeks passed, I asked the HR about my process, but no one answered, they disappered.
Looks like Morgan Stanley is, an indecisive and dishonest company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is smart pointer?
Smart pointer implementation
Quick algorithm questions (time complexity, space complexity)
Other logical reasoning questions
I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Budapest) in Feb 2018
Interview
We had to talk in english,
A developer from their company wrote a main cpp file;
I had to write a header for it which would fullfill the requirements.
later they asked wbout principles like rule of 3 or rule of 5.