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Interviewed Feb 2011 (took a day)

They will have 4 to 5 onsite interviews from different divisions. Your resume should be impressive to at least one division. They have lot of java work. It's always better you know java. The questions won't be difficult, However I feel you need to maintain consistency in each interview.

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when do you use smart pointer?

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Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Aug 2009 (took 2 weeks)

I was interviewed for .Net position. They asked core c#, multithreading, design patterns, data structure.

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create you own Arraylist.

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a design question based on decorator pattern

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Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Nov 2010 (took a day)

I would suggest a person with a strong programming background apply for this position. they ask a lot about algorithms and data structures and also about the unix operating system. Despite what people told me, it was not a HR interview..it was purely technical

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Tell me something about yourself.

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How to delete the last three nodes in a singly linked list?

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4.0

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Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2010 in Mumbai (India) (took 2 days)

The company selected people on the basis of a written test held in college as a part of college recruitment process. The written test mainly consisted of objective questions from c and c++.
The interview process consisted of 3 interviews. 2 technical interviews and 1 HR . The questions asked in the technical interview were from started from the project i did, then C++ and then Operating System questions which included questions from Threads.

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If an application is to be made which reads from 3 files and writes the sum into the 4th file, should it use multiple thread ?

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Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed May 2010 (took 2 weeks)

i submitted resume on the morgan stanley website. then recruiter set me up for a online C++ test at IKM. the test consists of c++ concepts and algorithm and coding. the test was ok, not too hard. then i got an onsite interview with the group. i met 4 people

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Can you use template and virtual function in the same class?

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Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Mar 2010 in New York, NY (took a day)

The interviewer was not a native speaker. He seemed more nervous that I did over the phone. The interview started with the introduction of myself - origin, school, projects done, strength. Then he asked what I would be after five years. I said I would become a project manager, interacting with business clients. I think my answer appeared that I prefer the business side to the software developer side, which might be why I was declined the offer. He then asked several technical questions, particular about Java: (1) what is the pros and cons of an array and a hashtable; (2) can a java class extend more than one class; (3) what is the difference between Running time exception and normal exception. The interview concluded with my asking some questions about him, such as what is the working environment there.

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What is the difference between a Running time exception and a normal exception

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Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Nov 2009 in Shanghai (China) (took a day)

An agent contacted me about this position after they saw my resume and few days later, Morgan stanley send me IKM accessment from email. The questions on that test inlcuding:

1) Java basic questions
2) Algorithems
3) thread safty issues
4) programming, writing the code

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what is the thead priorty for the main method

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describe strategy pattern.

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Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jul 2009 (took 2 weeks)

I had a phone interview with human resource, followed with a technical test. The test is all about programming, algorithm and technical knowledge. I was asked to pick to take the test in either C++ or C#. The test was for 45 minute. After that, I had an in person interview with the group.