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Updated 26 Feb 2025

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

60 mins and reasoning and english

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is EPS and explain?
  • Ans. 

    EPS stands for Earnings Per Share, a financial metric that indicates the portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock.

    • EPS is calculated by dividing the company's net income by the number of outstanding shares.

    • It is an important indicator of a company's profitability and is often used by investors to evaluate a company's performance.

    • Higher EPS indicates higher profitability and poten...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What id spin off?
  • Ans. 

    A spin-off is a new company formed through the sale or distribution of new shares of an existing business division or subsidiary.

    • Spin-offs are created when a parent company decides to separate a portion of its business into a new entity.

    • Spin-offs can help unlock value for shareholders by allowing the new entity to focus on its specific market or industry.

    • Examples of spin-offs include PayPal from eBay, Trivago from Expe

  • Answered by AI

Top Morningstar Data Research Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. What is the difference between issued and outstanding shares?
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Interview Questions & Answers

user image Ramsinghani A Anish

posted on 28 Jun 2024

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in May 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Normal ...basic English ,logical questions & finance based questions.

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. How will you deal with your manager if you had fights ( all behavioural questions as per office to test your confidence for the role)
  • Q2. Be confident mostly behavioural & situation based questions asked for this role.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
No response

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed in Feb 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Mostly behavioural questions oriented in the background experience and soft skills. Overall a great friendly discussion and good experience.
  • Q2. Why do we hire you?
  • Q3. Why this position? And why Morningstar?
  • Q4. Project assessment processes and KPIs
  • Q5. How di you handle conflict at workplace?

Top Morningstar Data Research Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. What is the difference between issued and outstanding shares?
View answer (2)

Data Research Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What is the difference between issued and outstanding shares?
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What do you know about Morningstar
  • Q2. Why did you apply to this role?
Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. How do you act when there is an employee in your team whom you don't like?
  • Q2. How are you going to build your team work?

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Q1. How are the three financial statements prepared
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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Feb 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Question related to accounting, English and reasoning

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions related to finance
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic questions asked by HR

Top Morningstar Data Research Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. What is the difference between issued and outstanding shares?
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Data Research Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What is the difference between issued and outstanding shares?
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Oct 2023. There were 5 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 

Basic aptitude test for freshers

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asking questions about skills which suitable for roles.
Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. In this round asks more deep questions about role.
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Discussion with salary and facilities

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

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before May 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. What is difference between @primary and @Qualifier?
  • Ans. 

    Primary is used to define a primary bean when multiple beans of the same type are present, while Qualifier is used to specify which bean to autowire when multiple beans of the same type are present.

    • Primary annotation is used to give a higher preference to a bean when multiple beans of the same type are present in the Spring application context.

    • Qualifier annotation is used to specify which bean to autowire when multiple...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. How we can handle fault tolerance in Microservices?
  • Ans. 

    Fault tolerance in Microservices can be achieved through redundancy, graceful degradation, and circuit breakers.

    • Implementing redundancy by having multiple instances of each microservice running to handle failures.

    • Using graceful degradation to ensure that the system can still function even if certain microservices are unavailable.

    • Utilizing circuit breakers to prevent cascading failures by temporarily stopping requests t

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. How to implement spring security?
  • Ans. 

    Implementing Spring Security involves configuring security settings in the Spring application.

    • Add Spring Security dependency in pom.xml

    • Configure security settings in SecurityConfig class

    • Define user roles and permissions

    • Use annotations like @EnableWebSecurity and @Secured

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Explain OAuth 2 implementation?
  • Ans. 

    OAuth 2 is an authorization framework that allows a third-party application to obtain limited access to an HTTP service.

    • OAuth 2 is used for delegated access, allowing a user to grant a third-party application access to their resources without sharing their credentials.

    • It involves the use of access tokens, which are issued by the authorization server after the user authenticates and authorizes the application.

    • OAuth 2 su...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Memory management in Java ?
  • Ans. 

    Java uses automatic memory management through garbage collection to allocate and deallocate memory.

    • Java uses garbage collection to automatically manage memory by deallocating objects that are no longer needed.

    • The JVM has a heap where objects are allocated and garbage collection is performed to reclaim memory.

    • Java provides the 'finalize()' method for objects to perform cleanup before they are garbage collected.

    • Memory le...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Different types of gc?
  • Ans. 

    Different types of garbage collection algorithms in software development.

    • Mark and Sweep: Identifies and removes unreachable objects.

    • Generational: Divides objects into different generations based on age.

    • Parallel: Uses multiple threads to perform garbage collection concurrently.

    • Incremental: Spreads garbage collection work over multiple cycles to reduce pause times.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Difference between executors &executorservice?
  • Ans. 

    Executors are a class that provides factory and utility methods for Executor, ExecutorService is an interface that represents an asynchronous execution service.

    • Executors class provides factory and utility methods for Executor interface

    • ExecutorService is an interface that represents an asynchronous execution service

    • ExecutorService extends Executor interface

    • ExecutorService provides methods to manage termination and produ...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - More focus on core topics

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Top Morningstar Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. What is difference between @primary and @Qualifier?
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Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Tell me about yourself. What technology are you using? What is a Collection? What are the different types of collection there? What is the difference between ArrayList and LinkedList What are the basic building blocks of Stream operators, s... read more
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Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Sep 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Double-check your resume for any spelling mistakes. The recruiter may consider spelling mistakes as careless behavior or poor communication skills.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Easy level and some questions related to finance

Round 3 - HR 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. How will you work in a team?
  • Q2. How you going to manage your work if you have disagreement with someone in you team?
  • Q3. Tell me about yourself?
  • Q4. Why do you want to join this organisation?
  • Q5. When did the last time you faced rejection?

Top Morningstar Data Research Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. What is the difference between issued and outstanding shares?
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Data Research Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What is the difference between issued and outstanding shares?
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Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 23 Dec 2022

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Nov 2022. There were 4 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.
View all tips
Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

30 basic questions (If you have given mba entrance test then this would be really easy)

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself, what do you know about the role, Why Morningstar, WACC, operation lease vs capital lease, enterprise value, unearned revenue
  • Ans. 

    I am a candidate for the MDP Associate role at Morningstar. I have knowledge about the role, Morningstar, WACC, operation lease vs capital lease, enterprise value, and unearned revenue.

    • The MDP Associate role involves...

    • Morningstar is a leading financial services firm...

    • WACC stands for Weighted Average Cost of Capital...

    • Operation lease vs capital lease refers to...

    • Enterprise value is a measure of a company's total value...

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  • Q2. Stock split and stock dividend, goodwill amortisation, fund flow statement, basic finance questions
Round 4 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Weakness, How do you deal with monotonous work
  • Ans. 

    I overcome monotonous work by finding ways to make it more engaging and rewarding.

    • I break down the work into smaller tasks and set achievable goals.

    • I try to find ways to add variety to the work, such as changing the order of tasks or incorporating different techniques.

    • I seek opportunities to learn and grow within the monotonous work, such as exploring new strategies or improving efficiency.

    • I maintain a positive mindset...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. How do you deal with multiple task, how do your friends describes you
  • Ans. 

    I am adept at handling multiple tasks and my friends describe me as organized and efficient.

    • I prioritize tasks based on urgency and importance.

    • I create a to-do list and set deadlines for each task.

    • I use time management techniques like the Pomodoro Technique to stay focused.

    • I delegate tasks when necessary to ensure efficient completion.

    • I communicate effectively with team members to coordinate tasks and avoid conflicts.

    • E...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Interview round would be on Zoom of 15-20 mins
Keep the answer on point

Data Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

user image Prashant Chourasiya

posted on 12 Oct 2022

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Sep 2022. There were 4 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.
View all tips
Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Equity related then aptitude and grammer

Round 3 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. What is promissory note?
  • Ans. 

    A promissory note is a written promise to pay a specific amount of money at a certain time.

    • It is a legal document that outlines the terms of a loan or debt.

    • It includes the amount borrowed, interest rate, repayment schedule, and consequences of default.

    • Examples include personal loans, student loans, and business loans.

    • Promissory notes can be bought and sold as a form of investment.

    • They are enforceable by law and can be

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is bank reconciliation statement?
  • Ans. 

    Bank reconciliation statement is a document that compares the bank statement with the company's accounting records.

    • It helps to identify any discrepancies between the two records.

    • It includes details of deposits, withdrawals, and bank charges.

    • It ensures the accuracy of the company's financial records.

    • It is usually prepared monthly.

    • Example: If the bank statement shows a withdrawal of $100 but the company's records show a ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What do you mean by Payables turnover ratio?
  • Ans. 

    Payables turnover ratio is a financial metric that measures how quickly a company pays off its suppliers.

    • It is calculated by dividing the cost of goods sold by the average accounts payable balance.

    • A high ratio indicates that a company is paying off its suppliers quickly, while a low ratio suggests that it is taking longer to pay its bills.

    • The ratio can be used to assess a company's liquidity and its ability to manage i...

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. How do you deal with monotonous work?
  • Q2. Features of promissory note.
  • Ans. 

    A promissory note is a legal document that contains a promise to pay a specific amount of money to a person or entity.

    • It is a written promise to pay a debt

    • It includes the names of the parties involved

    • It specifies the amount of money to be paid

    • It outlines the terms of repayment, including interest rates and due dates

    • It can be secured or unsecured

    • It can be negotiable or non-negotiable

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be Prepared with financial statements.
Stay calm.
Test was easy.

Top Morningstar Data Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. What are the financial statements? How cost sheet of bank different from cost sheet of manufacturing company? What is debt to equity ratio? What is stock option? What is Stock split? What is lease financing? Name and explain any 2 profitabi... read more
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Data Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Suppose there is a room in the office and X people enter room throughout the day, Y people leave throughout the day [continuously people are entering the room, some are staying there, and rest are going out] .. so tell me the code to calcul... read more
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Morningstar Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Morningstar interview for freshers?
Morningstar interview process for freshers usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Morningstar interview process for freshers are Technical, Aptitude Test and HR.
How to prepare for Morningstar interview for freshers?
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 Morningstar. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Morningstar expect are Data Collection, Data Research, Finance, Research Analysis and Equity.
What are the top questions asked in Morningstar interview for freshers?

Some of the top questions asked at the Morningstar interview for freshers -

  1. What is the difference between issued and outstanding share...read more
  2. What is the relationship between all the 3 financial statement...read more
  3. What all company sources are used to give esg risk ratin...read more
How long is the Morningstar interview process?

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

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