Fake Women's Drive for Java Developer by Morgan Stanley, Bangalore on 23rd June 2018.

Don't ruin people's weekends; value others' time.

They asked everyone to come by 8:30 AM, where a senior VP would speak about Morgan Stanley.

At around 11:30 AM, they gave the written programming test (on paper) with two problems:

• Print a binary tree in spiral order.
• Given a mapping between cities, print the complete path from a source city to a destination city.

I solved both problems correctly and submitted the paper in 45 minutes.

After one hour of submission, HR asked me to leave for the day. I said, "What??"

I asked HR to recheck my paper and bring back the answer sheet I had submitted.

After coming home, I wrote the programs on my laptop, and both gave the expected results.

Three possibilities arise from this:

• Their interviewer panel may not be capable enough to understand recursive code.
• They might have organized this women's drive solely for showcasing that they conduct women's drives, like other big brands.
• They may not have checked the papers at all and simply assembled a crowd for marketing Morgan Stanley as a great place to work for women.

What is the point of taking a written test when you are not evaluating the solutions? Please do not waste people's weekends by conducting fake drives.

Attached is a copy of my answer sheet submitted to Morgan Stanley.

For the past two weeks, they have followed up several times to confirm my presence, only to gather a crowd for marketing their brand.

Perhaps by doing these activities, they want to brand their name as the best place to work for women employees.

1. Print Binary tree in spiral order.

2. Given a mapping between cities, print the complete path from the source city to the destination city.