Morgan Stanley Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

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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Q1. Walk me thru your CV
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I have a diverse background in finance, with experience in investment banking, corporate finance, and financial analysis.
• Started my career as an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs

• Transitioned to corporate finance role at Microsoft, focusing on financial planning and analysis

• Currently working as a financial analyst at a tech startup, responsible for budgeting and forecasting
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Q2. Technical questions from Job description
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Q3. Why switching your job?
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Seeking new challenges and growth opportunities in a different environment.
• Looking for new challenges and opportunities for growth

• Interested in exploring different work environments

• Seeking a change in career path or industry

• Want to enhance skills and knowledge in a different setting
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Q4. Behavioral Questions
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Q5. Projects and accomplishments
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Q6. How do you align with the role?
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I align with the role through my strong communication skills, attention to detail, and ability to work well in a team.
• Strong communication skills: I excel in conveying information clearly and effectively to team members and clients.

• Attention to detail: I have a keen eye for spotting errors and ensuring tasks are completed accurately.

• Teamwork: I thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy working with others to achie
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Q1. Write your own implementation for shared pointer. How it will handle if it get assigned by another one. How will you use it in main method. How will you overload -> operator and dereferencing operator in t...read more
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Implementation of shared and unique pointers in C++ with operator overloading.
• Implement a class for shared pointer with reference counting.

• Handle assignment by incrementing reference count and decrementing old pointer's count.

• Overload -> and * operators to access underlying object.

• Use shared pointer in main method by creating instances and passing them around.

• For unique pointer, implement a class that transfers ownersh
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Q2. Simple problem for binary search but input values are double not integer
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Q1. Given bst find two values from tree which will give you required sum. In two pointer is it better to use middle-out instead of starting from both end probabilistically
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Q2. Design splitwise like add and explain
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Q1. Write signature of shared pointer
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Q2. Design system similar to load balancer where if request comes again with same id it should go to server it went for first time. with constant space complexity
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Q3. Design system where there is org hierarchy and you should be able to find all sub-ordinates Optimize is using array of pointer
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Design a system with org hierarchy to find all sub-ordinates using array of pointers.
• Create a class for each employee with a pointer to their manager

• Use an array of pointers to store all employee objects

• Traverse the array to find all sub-ordinates of a given employee
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Q4. Write lambda function and it's signature
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Q5. Do you know about template Class and function template
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Q6. How does auto work internally?
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Q1. Are you ready to shift to bengaluru
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Yes, I am ready to shift to Bengaluru for the c++ associate position.
• I am excited about the opportunity to work in Bengaluru.

• I have researched the city and am comfortable with the relocation.

• I am flexible and adaptable to new environments.

• I have friends/family in Bengaluru who can support me during the transition.
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Medium leetcode question on array list

Q1. Core java and collections, exceptions and threading
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Q2. Core java collections
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Q3. Multi threading
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Q4. Executor framework
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Q1. Threading related questions
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