Morgan Stanley Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Q1. Explain CDS and credit risk
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CDS stands for Credit Default Swap, a financial derivative used to transfer credit risk between parties.
• CDS is a type of insurance contract where one party pays a premium to another party in exchange for protection against a credit event, such as default or bankruptcy.

• The buyer of a CDS makes periodic payments to the seller, who agrees to compensate the buyer in the event of a credit event on a specified reference asse...read more
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Q2. Explain option strategies
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Options strategies involve buying and selling options contracts to achieve specific investment goals.
• Buy Call Option: Bullish strategy where investor expects the price of the underlying asset to rise.

• Buy Put Option: Bearish strategy where investor expects the price of the underlying asset to fall.

• Covered Call: Selling a call option while holding the underlying asset to generate income.

• Straddle: Buying both a call and p...read more
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Q1. Questions regarding previous work experience
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Q1. Explain different option strategies
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Options strategies involve buying or selling options contracts to achieve specific investment goals.
• Some common options strategies include covered calls, protective puts, straddles, and iron condors.

• Covered calls involve selling call options on a stock you own to generate income.

• Protective puts involve buying put options to protect against a decline in the value of a stock.

• Straddles involve buying both a call and a put...read more
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There were 3 coding questions having LC easy-medium problems.

Q1. DSA Coding questions from LC
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Q2. Asked about CS fundamentals - OS, OOPs etc.
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Q1. OOPs Design - Low Level Design Round
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Q2. Follow up questions on the solution
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Q1. Accounting Questions
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Q2. Corporate Actions
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Q1. Financial Instruments
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Q2. Behavioral Questions
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Q1. Introduction questions
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Q2. Why we should hire you?
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I have a strong background in accounting, with proven experience in managing financial operations and driving business growth.
• Extensive experience in financial analysis and reporting

• Proven track record of improving financial processes and efficiency

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in financial data

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to work effectively in a team and independently
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Question Related to the DP and the Graph

Q1. Kth Max Element in a Array
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Find the Kth maximum element in an array of strings.
• Sort the array in descending order.

• Return the element at index K-1.
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Q2. Coin Change and optimization through DP
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Coin change problem can be solved using dynamic programming to find the minimum number of coins needed to make a certain amount of change.
• Use dynamic programming to build up solutions for smaller subproblems

• Start by initializing an array to store the minimum number of coins needed for each amount from 0 to the target amount

• Iterate through each coin denomination and update the array with the minimum number of coins need
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Q1. Project include in your Resume
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Q2. HR common question
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Q1. Quick sort - keep order same
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Q2. Reverse string with spaces but keep the space position intact
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Reverse a string while keeping the position of spaces intact
• Split the string into an array of characters

• Iterate through the array and reverse the characters while keeping track of space positions

• Join the array back into a string
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Leet code medium problem related to arrays

Core Java multithreading serialization Treemap indepth working

Design parking lot with multiple in and out gates

Q1. Design Kafka and microservices around it
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Designing Kafka and microservices architecture for scalability and fault tolerance
• Use Kafka as a distributed streaming platform to handle large volumes of data

• Implement microservices architecture to break down the application into smaller, independent services

• Use Kafka Connect to integrate Kafka with microservices for seamless data flow

• Leverage Kafka Streams for real-time data processing within microservices

• Ensure faul...read more
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Q1. Cultural fit round and salary expectations
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