I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Montreal, QC) in Sep 2015
Interview
Phone screening, followed by an on-site interview lasting 3.5 hrs, split into different phases, consisting of either single interviewers, or a group of two, each phase lasting approximately 30 min. Was asked to solve algorithmic programming problems on paper, along with some general knowledge questions about core Java.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Write a function to reverse a string.
2. What’s the difference between Interface and Abstract.
3. Write a function to reverse words in a string
ex: “how are you” becomes “you are how”.
4. Can you assign a String to and Object? What about the other way around and why?
5. Explain Generics.
6. Explain Generics wildcards.
7. Find the depth of a binary tree.
8. How can you run one thread and then another only after the first thread has completed?
9. What’s the difference between a thread sleep() and wait()? What about suspend(), resume()?
10. Write a function that traverses an array and checks the sum to the left of the index with the sum to the write of the index, and returns the index position when the left summation equals the right. Can you optimize your solution further?
11. Write an iterator that traverses an array of integers, but only for even values.
12. Design a library containing books with users that can check out books from the library.
This task is to meant to demonstrate your design abilities.
I applied online. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Glasgow, Scotland)
Interview
3 total rounds
1. 30m phone screen where I was asked about my experience and some basic Java-related questions.
2. 1h technical interview where I was asked more Java-related questions and had to implement a sorting algorithm by hand.
3. Final 4h interview where multiple interviewers that spanned system architecture, coding/algorithms, and behavioural questions.
After all that process, the recruiter never bothered to get back to me. I followed-up after a week and was informed that they're still making final decisions. No answer after that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain the architecture of a system that you currently work with
I applied online. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Budapest) in Feb 2026
Interview
Very enjoyable interview, the interviewers tried to dig deep in my skills, they weren't just passive listeners. Gave me an example of what it is like to work in this specific team.
It was for the role Software Engineer - Java Developer. Hr reached out to discuss about the role. There were 2 rounds of technical interview.
Each round will consist of 1 hour interview.And then followed by an hr round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mainly focused on dsa and java
Asked to sort list of employees based on its id using java8.
Given an array and target, find the indices from the array whose sum is equals to the target. The solution should be in O(n)