I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Bengaluru) in Nov 2024
Interview
I had applied on their career website online post which I had received a call from their recruiter. I attended two rounds of interview. Cleared the first round. The first round of interview focussed on my experience, role and questions on Kafka and Design pattern followed by writing code to group the string of anagrams. Second round of interview was taken by a an employee . He picked few key words from my resume and started asking questions and hopped from one question over another question . Interviewer decided to end the interview abruptly after 30 minutes. I sent an email to the recruiter sharing my interviewing experience. Recruiter acknowledged my email citing they have brought this to the hiring manager's attention and promised for a call back which did not happen till the time of writing this review.
Job Description:
At least 4 years’ relevant experience would generally be expected to find the skills required for this role. Required Skills: • In-depth knowledge and solid commercial experience of Java 8+ • Experience of basic SQL • Experience in automated testing and continuous integration platforms • Good architectural knowledge, and experience working with frameworks ;distributed environments • Desire to learn new technologies and business domain knowledge • Pragmatic attitude to problem solving within a front office environment
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Assume there are two consumers part of same or different consumer group ( pertaining to two different consumer applications) in Kafka. There is a failure at one consumer application side. How do you replay the message only to the failed consumer application?
Assume a software service provider would like to provide/ship a software for a franchise business model where franchise owner can write their own implementation for the software given by a service provider. How can one achieve that.
I applied online. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Mumbai) in Feb 2026
Interview
Position is for Parametric Team which is recently building a team in Mumbai
US MD is head of the team and the position reported to an Executive director Manager in Singapore
Process started in the month of October
First round with HR to screen (October 2025)
Second Round with Local Manager in Mumbai with CV based tech questions (October 2025)
Third Round with Singapore based Manager with moderate Tech related stuff only from CV to check the compatibility (October 2025)
Fourth Round with MD in India who has recently taken over leadership and mostly behavioural questions (November 2025)
Fifth Round with Singapore based Executive Director to whom this role reports (December 2025)
Sixth Round with head of the team from US (December 2025)
They asked for cv and compensation statement in Dec end and new year.
Jan 2026 HR calls and says give expected number and I quoted a number.
They said not possible will tell you final amount.
Jan 2026 end they gave me a number almost 20% below to what I have in demand with no confirmation.
Then no response stating that we are in Approval stage for offer for a month.
Feb 2026 they came up with an even less offer and asked me again a final number.
I had my daughter’s school and my parents to take care of. This VP role is a cost saving attempt from them it seems and role reviews are also not good and hence I didn’t accept the offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
CV based questions and behavioural questions
No technical questions
Process was pretty standard with an initial recruiter screen and hiring manager interview. Potential second interview and reference check/background screen, but I didn't move forward. Process was straightforward but they did not do any updates or follow ups after the first interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe your approach to reviewing work product. What do you look for and how do you conduct a review?
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Bengaluru) in Jan 2026
Interview
The process consisted of three rounds. The first two were standard and well-organized. I moved to the third round, which also went well, and I felt positive about the interaction. Complete lack of communication post-interview. Despite a positive experience in the final round, I never received any update or feedback from the HR team. It feels like a significant waste of time when a candidate puts in the effort for multiple rounds only to be ghosted by recruitment.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly Ask Related to current work and technology.