4 Rounds. 32 LPA. The Morgan Stanley Interview Breakdown.
Role: Backend Engineer, P2 Associate
Experience: 2 to 4 years.
๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ก๐ ๐ญ: ๐ข๐ก๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐
A. Project Deep Dive:
- Walk through your end-to-end projects.
- Follow-ups on architecture and your actual role.
B. DSA:
- Anagram and its variations.
C. Microservices:
- How do you track one request across multiple microservices?
- Explain distributed tracing.
- Which build tools do you use?
- Explain your CI/CD pipeline flow.
- What are the responsibilities of an API Gateway?
๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ก๐ ๐ฎ: ๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ + ๐๐ข๐ช ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ก + ๐ฆ๐ค๐
A. Design Principles:
- Explain all five SOLID principles.
- Map each one to real code you have written.
B. Architecture:
- Monolithic vs microservices. Pros, cons, use cases.
- Discuss the UI architecture of your system.
C. DSA:
- Spiral printing of a matrix.
D. Kubernetes:
- Explain your deployment steps.
- How do you scale, and how many instances do you run?
E. Low Level Design:
- Write a complete service on paper.
- Controller to Service to DAO to Entity.
F. SQL:
- Two query based questions.
G. Current Project:
- Architecture, your role, and the challenges you hit.
๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ: ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ + ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ก๐๐ฌ + ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐
A. Concurrency:
- Find the highest number in a random matrix using threads.
- What is compare and swap in Java?
- How does transaction management work in Java?
B. SQL Conceptual:
- Table1 has 10 rows. Table2 has 20 rows. What does SELECT * FROM table1, table2 return?
- Now delete 10 rows from table1. What is the expected count?
C. Managerial:
- How would you react if asked to report to someone junior to you?
- How would you react if you are not promoted?
- Do you solve first and ask later, or understand from others and then solve?
๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ: ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ก
- Current role and responsibilities.
- Where do you stay. Relocation preferences.
- Current and expected CTC.
- What do you know about Morgan Stanley and their stock?
- Why Morgan Stanley. Justify it.
- Are you willing to move to Bangalore. Justify it.
Notice what a bank actually tests.
Not one Design Instagram question.
Core Java, concurrency, SQL and how you behave in production.
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