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Morgan Stanley Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 18 Jun 2025

Morgan Stanley Software Engineer Interview Experiences

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Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
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I appeared for an interview in May 2025, where I was asked the following questions.

  • Q1. Assessment test section 1 : debugging easy to medium 7Q 20mins section 2: Aptitude Data interpretation (difficult) 24Q 36 mins section 3: 3 Coding questions medium level 3Q 60 mins (choose C, C++, java) 1....
  • Q2. All the best

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

MCQs on DN and SQL etc.

Round 2 - Coding Test 

2 coding questions, 7 debugging questions.

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Python core question
  • Q2. DSA question on BFS
Round 4 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Design discussion
  • Q2. Resume question

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
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  • Q1. Create your own cache
  • Q2. Create a game of snake and ladders
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
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Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

They asked us graph question for aptitude.

Round 2 - Coding Test 

For coding they asked us about the count and say problem

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I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in May 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Core Java Thread Garbage collection hackerrank string anagrams springboot microservices

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - hackerank + 4 tech rounds
Leetcode medium questions
Microservices scenario based questions related to scaling caching

What are the roles & responsibilities of a Software Engineer at Morgan Stanley?

Software Development

  • Design and develop software solutions to support business needs
  • Implement scalable APIs and integrate them with frontend services

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Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Frequency of each word ina sentence
  • Ans. 

    To find the frequency of each word in a sentence.

    • Split the sentence into words

    • Create a dictionary to store word frequency

    • Iterate through the words and update the dictionary

    • Return the dictionary

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Morgan Stanley HR Interview Questions

71 questions and answers

Q. How well can you perform under pressure?
Q. How did you handle risk in your previous firm?
Q. Explain your project in detail.

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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Nov 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Moderate level aptitude with basics

Round 3 - Coding Test 

Moderate level data structure questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and what what u speak because that is most important
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Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Questions on angular framework,.net core , dependency injection,legacy .net, session management , agile ceremonies.

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Oct 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. I was mostly asked about the process. First round was technical, mostly on Java
  • Q2. JVM Architecture, Java 9 new feature, collection framework, hibernate
  • Q3. 2nd round was mostly on tools and processes.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Always come prepare with whatever you have mentioned in your resume, if you talking about any tools, you should have end to end knowledge on that, you can't say I used Jenkins and then while answering, you would say I don't know how to create a job or pipeline. That kind of answer is not acceptable.

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Feb 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. - Data Structures and Algo - Core Python specific questions
  • Q2. - Design a Cache and some design based questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I actually attended a Weekend drive. So in the 1st round almost related to 2/3 DS Algo questions.
2nd round was related to design small cache and little bit on python questions.
3rd round was managerial and some basic technical questions.

Morgan Stanley Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Morgan Stanley Software Engineer interview?
Morgan Stanley interview process usually has 3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Morgan Stanley interview process are Aptitude Test, Coding Test and Technical.
How to prepare for Morgan Stanley Software Engineer interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Morgan Stanley. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Morgan Stanley expect are Risk Management, Financial Services, Investment Banking, SQL and Data Analytics.
What are the top questions asked in Morgan Stanley Software Engineer interview?

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