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Updated 10 Apr 2024

MSCI Senior Software Engineer Interview Experiences

1 interview found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Not Selected

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

Round 1 - Coding Test 

It was a coding test consisting of medium level questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Don't remember the questions
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Don't remember the questions

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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Apr 2021. There were 6 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. C# basics, api, program

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident in c# basics
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Oct 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Technical 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Pagination in SQL
  • Ans. 

    Pagination in SQL allows for displaying a subset of query results at a time.

    • Use LIMIT and OFFSET clauses in SQL queries to implement pagination.

    • LIMIT specifies the maximum number of rows to return.

    • OFFSET specifies the number of rows to skip before starting to return rows.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. OOPS concepts.. SOILD design principles
  • Q3. Thread vs task in multiprocessing.. explain with examples
  • Ans. 

    Threads and tasks are both used in multiprocessing, but have different characteristics and use cases.

    • Threads are lightweight processes within a single process, sharing memory space. They are managed by the operating system.

    • Tasks are units of work that can be executed asynchronously. They are typically managed by a task scheduler.

    • Threads are suitable for parallel processing and improving performance, while tasks are use...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. ViewBag vs Tempdata in MVC
  • Ans. 

    ViewBag is used to pass data from controller to view, while TempData is used to pass data between controller actions.

    • ViewBag is a dynamic property that allows you to pass data from controller to view

    • TempData is a dictionary object that allows you to pass data between controller actions

    • ViewBag is not type-safe and requires typecasting, while TempData is type-safe

    • ViewBag data is lost if redirection occurs, while TempData

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Abstract vs Interface
  • Ans. 

    Abstract classes can have both abstract and non-abstract methods, while interfaces can only have abstract methods.

    • Abstract classes can have constructors, fields, and non-abstract methods.

    • Interfaces can only have abstract methods and constants.

    • A class can implement multiple interfaces but can only inherit from one abstract class.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Learn basics of OOPS concepts, SQL joins

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Arraylist find duplicate
  • Ans. 

    Find duplicates in an ArrayList of strings.

    • Iterate through the ArrayList and use a HashSet to keep track of seen elements.

    • If an element is already in the HashSet, it is a duplicate.

    • Store the duplicates in a separate ArrayList or print them directly.

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Oct 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Java concepts like multithreading, collections, trading related topics

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be strong with Java core concepts

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Problem-solving, Nodejs, javascript

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - If you are a web developer, Be thorough in your javascript skills. Design level questions will be asked in order to test your capability to handle large systems.

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Jul 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java Spring Boot SQL
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java Spring Boot AWS SQL Jenkins Kafka Git
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Why Morningstar, and what is your background

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Add only those points on resume, which you are aware of.

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Jul 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java Spring Boot AWS SQL Jenkins Kafka Git
Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Why Morningstar, and what is your background

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Add only those points on resume, which you are aware of.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Rest api vs kafla
  • Ans. 

    REST API is a standard way of building web services, while Kafka is a distributed streaming platform for handling real-time data feeds.

    • REST API is used for building web services that follow the REST architectural style

    • Kafka is used for handling real-time data feeds and building real-time data pipelines

    • REST API is synchronous, while Kafka is asynchronous and can handle high throughput and low latency data streams

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

MSCI Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in MSCI Senior Software Engineer interview?
MSCI interview process usually has 3 rounds. The most common rounds in the MSCI interview process are Coding Test, Technical and One-on-one Round.
How to prepare for MSCI Senior Software Engineer 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 MSCI. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at MSCI expect are Data Analytics, Java, Microservices, Software Development and Web Services.

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