Morgan Stanley Spring Technology Analyst Intern 2024 (Off-campus) Selected
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Applied through: Morgan Stanley Career Portal, Off-campusStatus: Fresher, 2024 batchPrevious Experience: Summer Intern at MicrosoftPosition: Spring Technology AnalystInter...
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Applied through: Morgan Stanley Career Portal, Off-campus Status: Fresher, 2024 batch Previous Experience: Summer Intern at Microsoft Position: Spring Technology Analyst Internship duration: Jan-Jun 2024 Location: Mumbai/Bengaluru Interview Process: Online Assessment [Computer-based online test (AMCAT)]. It had 3 sections: 1. Debugging : Code snippets were given and bugs were to be found and fixed. 7 questions were to be solved in 10 minutes. Difficulty level: Easy. 2. Aptitude : Generic aptitude questions that included data interpretation, numerical ability, and logical reasoning. Quadratic equations and trigonometry were also included(refer back to those JEE textbooks). 10 questions were to be solved in 10 minutes. I felt the time constraint was difficult. 3.
Coding 3 questions to be solved in 60 minutes. Difficulty level: Leetcode medium. 3 weeks after the online assessment, I got a call from the recruiter that I had cleared the OA round. She scheduled my interview in 3 days. Technical Interview [Virtual meet on Zoom] The interview was taken by a senior manager. Questions mainly revolved around coding, OS, CN and DBMS. Interview duration: 1 hour. Coding Questions Sort array of 0's, 1's and 2's: https://leetcode.com/problems/sort-colors/ Implement min stack: https://leetcode.com/problems/min-stack/ First unique character in a string: https://leetcode.com/problems/first-unique-character-in-a-string/ Operation System What is a virtual machine? Define Thrashing. When does it occur? Difference between process and threads. Semaphore vs Mutex. Computer Networks Different delays caused in the network due to each OSI layer. Difference between TCP and UDP. DBMS Define ACID properties giving real-time examples. 4 days after the interview, I got a call for the 2nd interview which was scheduled in 3 days. Technical +
HR round [Virtual meet on Zoom] Generally, from what I've read from previous interview posts, this is supposed to be a technical + HR round. Surprisingly, it was just a HR round for me. The interviewer was a senior technology executive director. The interview mainly revolved around projects, resume-based questions, volunteer experiences, etc. 2 weeks after my second interview, I got a "Selected" mail! Complete process from online assessment to the final verdict took 1 and a half months. References you can use: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/explore?page=1&company=Morgan%20Stanley&sortBy=submissions&itm_source=geeksforgeeks&itm_medium=main_header&itm_campaign=practice_header Read up past interview experiences to get a gist of how the process works. All the best!
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This is a reported interview question from a morgan stanley interview for a swe role (intern level) during the oa round reported in 2025.
It covers the following topics: Strings, Sql, Networking, Stack Queue, Os, Arrays, Stack .
Difficulty rating: Easy
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This question was reported by a candidate who interviewed at Morgan Stanley. LeakCode aggregates interview reports from 10+ sources, including 1Point3Acres, Glassdoor, LeetCode Discuss, Blind, Reddit, Indeed, and Nowcoder. Each report is translated where necessary, deduplicated against existing entries, and tagged by company, role, round type, and reporting date.
Use this question as one calibration data point, not a memorization target. Companies typically rotate their question pools every 2-4 months; the exact wording of a 2024 question may differ from what you encounter today. The underlying pattern, difficulty level, and follow-up depth at Morgan Stanley are the higher-signal extractions to take from this report.
For broader preparation context, the Morgan Stanley interview process typically includes a recruiter screen, one or two technical phone screens, and a 4-5 round on-site loop covering coding, system design (at L4+ levels), and behavioral. Reports tagged on LeakCode show the round-by-round distribution and typical difficulty calibration. To browse questions filtered by round type and seniority, use the company hub linked above.
How To Practice This Type of Question
Solve similar problems on LeetCode under timed conditions (25-35 minutes per medium difficulty). The goal is pattern recognition: recognize the underlying technique (sliding window, two-pointer, BFS, memoized recursion, etc.) within 60-90 seconds of reading. Strong candidates verbalize their hypothesis out loud before coding, then iterate based on feedback. Weak candidates dive into implementation immediately, lose time on the wrong approach, and run out of time for follow-ups.
Companies update their question pools every 2-4 months. The exact wording of any given question may have been retired by the time you interview. Focus your prep on the pattern, not the specific problem. The patterns that appear in Morgan Stanley reports consistently are the ones worth investing in; one-off niche problems are not.
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Apply the standard interview round template: clarify requirements (2-3 minutes), state your approach out loud and confirm direction with the interviewer (3-5 minutes), code with narration (15-25 minutes), test with concrete examples including edge cases (5 minutes), discuss optimization or trade-offs if time permits (5 minutes). This template is universally accepted across FAANG and adjacent companies; deviating from it produces weaker interviewer feedback signal.
The single most predictive failure mode in Morgan Stanley reports tagged "no hire": not asking clarifying questions. Interviewers are explicitly trained to weight this. Strong candidates ask 3-5 clarifying questions even on problems that look obvious; weak candidates dive into code immediately. The clarifying-question check is often the first signal recorded in the interviewer's written notes.