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Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York

June 1, 2017
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The first round was a coding problem-tackling phone interview, which made sense. The interviewer was very helpful and intuitive.

Then came the second round. The questions focused more on knowledge of specific jQuery functions. I personally think this doesn't truly assess software experience and ability, as these are specific details one can easily look up online. Testing should focus on how Software Engineers tackle obstacles, their thought processes, and problem-solving approaches, NOT on specific knowledge.

Questions

Do you know ________? Those types of questions were nonsense. Give me a question to tackle, not pure knowledge you can find on Google.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 19 interview experiences for the Morgan Stanley Software Engineer role in New York, New York.

Success Rate

32%
Pass Rate

Morgan Stanley's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in New York, New York is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive58%
Neutral16%
Negative26%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Morgan Stanley's Software Engineer interview process in New York, New York.

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