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Updated 27 Jan 2025

Top Morgan Stanley Senior Associate Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. What are hedge funds, and what are their products and structures?
  • Q2. What are bonds and what are the different types of bonds?
  • Q3. What is the difference between the dirty price and the clean price of a bond?
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Morgan Stanley Senior Associate Interview Experiences

15 interviews found

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed before Jan 2023.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What are hedge funds, and what are their products and structures?
  • Q2. What are bonds and what are the different types of bonds?
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What are corporate actions and what are their types?
  • Q2. What is the difference between the dirty price and the clean price of a bond?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and thoroughly review your CV.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Option pricing model- BSM assumptions and explanation
  • Ans. 

    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 ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Explain options and it’s pricing
  • Ans. 

    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...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Why is ATM option delta 0.5
  • Ans. 

    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...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Current affairs on interest rate

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 1. Options - pricing in detail
2. BSM model - assumptions and variables

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Senior Associate Interview Questions & Answers

user image Kartik Vyas

posted on 20 Apr 2024

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

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Implement heap? Question related to Priority Queue

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - NA
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Dec 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

The one-hour coding test included multiple-choice questions on Java and MySQL, as well as two coding questions.

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. It was based on Binary Search, Find the target element in the shifted sorted array.
  • Q2. Comparator vs Comparable. Sort List of employee object using salary attribute
  • Ans. 

    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

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic OOps concepts.
  • Q2. Dasic DBMS

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Brush up Core Java and DBMS.

Morgan Stanley interview questions for designations

 Senior Technical Associate

 (1)

 Associate/Senior Associate -(Nontechnical)

 (2)

 Associate

 (32)

 Operations Associate

 (3)

 Associate Lead

 (1)

 Associate Analyst

 (1)

 Summer Associate

 (1)

 Senior Manager

 (19)

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Aug 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Had codility assesment which included array and stack questions

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Senior Associate Interview Questions & Answers

user image Ausaf Hussain

posted on 28 Jul 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Jul 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

2 Easy Coding questions and 15 core java questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Write function to calculate value of x to the power of n
  • Ans. 

    Function to calculate x to the power of n

    • Create a function that takes two parameters, x and n

    • Use a loop to multiply x by itself n times

    • Return the result

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  • Q2. Sliding window based array question
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Intersection of Linked List
  • Ans. 

    Intersection of two linked lists is finding the node where they merge.

    • Traverse both lists to find their lengths and the difference in lengths

    • Move the pointer of the longer list by the difference in lengths

    • Traverse both lists in parallel until they intersect

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Questions related to multi threading
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic hr questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Revise Core java questions and leetcode top interview questions playlist

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Why do you are looking for Job change?
  • Q2. What are your expectations
Round 2 - Coding Test 

Hacker Rank coding test - Palindrome number

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Java 8 questions and Generics in Java
  • Q2. Collections in java
  • Ans. 

    Collections in Java are used to store and manipulate groups of objects.

    • Collections framework provides interfaces (List, Set, Map) and classes (ArrayList, HashSet, HashMap) for storing and manipulating data

    • Collections offer methods for adding, removing, and accessing elements in a collection

    • Collections can be sorted, filtered, and iterated over using various methods

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Mar 2022. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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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 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic questions on Job profile & experience was asked.
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Process Specific Questions
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Process Specific Questions
Round 5 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Process Specific Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just be confident & share logical answers to the questions.
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Mar 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Duration 1 hour
Medium level questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Architecture and system related questions
  • Q2. Write classes and methods for bookmyshow
  • Ans. 

    Classes and methods for bookmyshow to manage booking and ticketing system.

    • Create a class for Ticket with attributes like ticket ID, showtime, seat number, etc.

    • Create a class for Show with attributes like movie name, theater, showtime, etc.

    • Create a class for Booking with attributes like booking ID, tickets booked, total price, etc.

    • Methods like bookTicket() to book a ticket, cancelTicket() to cancel a ticket, getAvailabl

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Senior Associate Interview Questions & Answers

user image Preetam Anchn

posted on 1 Nov 2023

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Nov 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. About the accounting related to accurals and all
  • Q2. Question related to your pervious job experience
  • Q3. About journal entries
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Basic to intermediate Python coding problems to solve.

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Questions based on Python coding and testing lifecycle and situation based questions were asked.

Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. How would you tackle a situation where you are close to deadline with considerable work pending.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be thorough with basics of programming language of your skillset.

Morgan Stanley Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Morgan Stanley Senior Associate interview?
Morgan Stanley interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Morgan Stanley interview process are Technical, One-on-one Round and Coding Test.
How to prepare for Morgan Stanley Senior Associate 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 Financial Services, Investment Banking, Risk Management, Fixed Income and Wealth Management.
What are the top questions asked in Morgan Stanley Senior Associate interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Morgan Stanley Senior Associate interview -

  1. What are hedge funds, and what are their products and structur...read more
  2. What are bonds and what are the different types of bon...read more
  3. What is the difference between the dirty price and the clean price of a bo...read more
How long is the Morgan Stanley Senior Associate interview process?

The duration of Morgan Stanley Senior Associate interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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Morgan Stanley Senior Associate Interview Process

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3 Interview rounds

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  • Technical Round - 1
  • Technical Round - 2
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