Exp: 4 years
College: Tier 3
Current Role: SSE at product based- Backend development
Tech Stack: Java, Spring Boot, Spark

Round1:

• Resume Discussion on one of the project
• Given an array Find next permutation
• LLD discussion of Snake and Ladder Game- classes , design patterns and OOP concepts

Round2:

• HLD discussion of one of the project in depth
• Given an array of heights, for each element find differences of indices to the next taller height. If no taller height, return -1 for the element.

Round3- Hiring Manager:

• Resume discussion
• Java17 features usage Discussion in real life.
• How to Migrate Java version without gradle- mainly challenges
• Discussion on Kafka- UI, usecase, partitioning and difference with MQ
• Scenario based question on Multithreaded batch processing- stuck in deadlock- Identify issues
• Some discussion on Caches and real-life implementation details (Since I used it so needed to explain that)
• Difference between Singleton and Decorator Pattern
• Checks before taking software to production
• Discussion on Exception handling
• How to identify and resolve if Database goes in deadlock situation
• Some Batch processing runs for 15 minutes now its time increases to 45 minutes. Identification and resolution discussion.

Round4: HR:

• Behavioural Questions
• Cultural Fit

One more round scheduled to check if I will be able to fit their Big Data Team.

Round5- Discussion with VP:

• Project discussion in depth
• Discussion on how well SQL and data based solutions I have worked on
• Discussion on What kind of Big Data Based problems currently they are working on.

Verdict: Selected. Waiting for final Numbers.
Unofficial Numbers: https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/6958673/morgan-stanley-associate-offer-by-anonym-lsu4/