First round online hackerrank test and verbal reasoning. The technical one includes math and coding test, medium level difficulty. Math problems involve questions like linear algebra, basic probability and statistics.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Los Angeles, CA) in Nov 2012
Interview
Applied online, got an email about a written test. It was a one hour written test, covering math, finance, and probability. They claimed to hand out pencil and eraser for us in the exam but actually they didn't. I spent the first 5 minutes borrowing a pen.
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1. If r increases for 1 basis point, how will the coupon bond price change?
2. Given a matrix, find its complex eigenvalues.
3. a programming problem, but they ask how the code is manipulated in the machine memory. omg
Contacted by HR, 4 rounds in total. 1st round was CV and basic statistics/coding in python. 2nd round was related to martingale/stochastics.3rd round was on SQL and puzzle. 4th was fit check with India head.
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Introduction, questions related to CV and statistics.
It was a two step process. First a phone call with HR and then a Zoom interveiw with the team. Everything was done remotely, and they were responsive and fast.
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Questions related to coding, finance, math, logic.
