I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Montreal, QC) in Oct 2012
Interview
There is initially an small interview, which happened at my university, where they ask you basic logic and algorithm questions to see if you can solve problems on the spot. They also ask you some basic programming concepts, the kind that reviews on glassdoor already detail. So therefore I was already aware of the kind of programming concepts that were going to be tested.
The interviewing was good, what turned me off was the interviewer. He wasn't unfriendly, but he wasn't friendly either. In short, his demeanor didn't encourage interaction. The reviews I read on glassdoor were contrary to that, so I think this interviewer and/or interview may be an outlier.
I was not invited back for any further interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- How do you determine contents of the fifth last element of an array of an unknown size?
- What is a hashmap?
- What is polymorphism?
- What is inheritance?
The answers the interviewer seemed to respond positively to (if at all) were the ones that were accompanied by an example. I learnt from that and have found that to be true in subsequent interviews with other companies as well.
TAP.
Super day consists of 2 Technicals and 1 behavioural interview.
Test Data Structure & Algo and CS fundamentals. It is a pretty straightforward process, and the interviewers are nice.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley
Interview
Two back to back interviews 45 mins. Asked technical questions about OOP and software development concepts as well as some behavioral. I heard back a few weeks later. Overall smooth interview process and fair.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write the fibonacci sequence recursive and iterative.
Hire view interview where they asked 3 questions about new trends in technology, what experiences have readied you for this position. Received two tries per question and time to think about answer, only gave 1.5 minutes to answer each question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
new technology trends we will see in next 5-10 years