Morgan Stanley Senior Associate Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Q1. Option pricing model- BSM assumptions and explanation
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Black-Scholes-Merton (BSM) model is a mathematical model used for pricing options.
• BSM model assumes constant risk-free rate, constant volatility, and lognormal distribution of stock prices.

• It assumes no dividends are paid during the option's life.

• The model assumes the option can only be exercised at expiration.

• The underlying stock follows a geometric Brownian motion.

• The model is used to calculate the theoretical price ...read more
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Q2. Explain options and it’s pricing
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Options are financial instruments that give the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an underlying asset at a specified price within a specific time period.
• Options can be call options or put options

• Call options give the holder the right to buy the underlying asset at a specified price within a specific time period

• Put options give the holder the right to sell the underlying asset at a specified price...read more
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Q1. Why is ATM option delta 0.5
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ATM option delta is 0.5 because it represents a 50% chance of the option expiring in-the-money.
• ATM option delta is 0.5 because it is at-the-money, meaning the option strike price is equal to the current underlying asset price.

• Delta measures the sensitivity of an option's price to changes in the underlying asset price.

• A delta of 0.5 indicates a 50% probability of the option expiring in-the-money.

• ATM options have the hig...read more
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Q2. Current affairs on interest rate
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Q1. Implement heap? Question related to Priority Queue
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Q1. What are hedge funds, and what are their products and structures?
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Hedge funds are investment funds that pool capital from accredited individuals or institutional investors and use various strategies to generate high returns.
• Hedge funds typically have high minimum investment requirements and are only available to accredited investors.

• They often use leverage and derivatives to amplify returns.

• Hedge funds can invest in a wide range of assets, including stocks, bonds, commodities, and re...read more
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Q2. What are bonds and what are the different types of bonds?
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Bonds are debt securities issued by companies or governments to raise capital. Different types include corporate bonds, municipal bonds, and treasury bonds.
• Bonds are essentially loans that investors give to companies or governments in exchange for periodic interest payments and the return of the bond's face value at maturity.

• Corporate bonds are issued by corporations to raise capital for various purposes, such as expan...read more
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Q1. What are corporate actions and what are their types?
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Corporate actions are events initiated by a public company that impact its shareholders and securities.
• Types of corporate actions include dividends, stock splits, mergers and acquisitions, rights issues, and spin-offs.

• Dividends are payments made to shareholders from a company's profits.

• Stock splits involve dividing existing shares into multiple shares to lower the price per share.

• Mergers and acquisitions occur when two...read more
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Q2. What is the difference between the dirty price and the clean price of a bond?
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Dirty price includes accrued interest while clean price does not.
• Dirty price includes accrued interest that the buyer must pay to the seller on top of the bond's market price.

• Clean price is the market price of the bond without the accrued interest added.

• The difference between the dirty price and the clean price is the accrued interest.

• For example, if a bond has a clean price of $1,000 and accrued interest of $20, the d
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The one-hour coding test included multiple-choice questions on Java and MySQL, as well as two coding questions.

Q1. It was based on Binary Search, Find the target element in the shifted sorted array.
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Q2. Comparator vs Comparable. Sort List of employee object using salary attribute
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Comparator is used to define custom sorting logic, while Comparable is used to implement natural ordering. Sort list of employee objects by salary using Comparator.
• Create a Comparator implementation to compare employee objects based on salary attribute

• Use Collections.sort() method with the custom Comparator to sort the list of employee objects
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Q1. Basic OOps concepts.
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Q2. Dasic DBMS
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