Morgan Stanley Software Engineer interview experience

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Hong KongPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After my HR CV screening, I did a Zoom call with a team member to talk through my past experiences and projects.

That call set the tone for what followed.

Then I went into three back-to-back, 45-minute sessions with team members. The interviews mixed technical and behavioral questions, and the pace was relentless since there wasn’t much downtime between conversations. By the end of the third session, it felt like my ability to switch between explaining my thinking and answering behavioral prompts was being tested just as much as the technical depth.

It was difficult mainly because the schedule didn’t give me breathing room, and the questions were clearly meant to probe both my background and my

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