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RoniNYC
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How would you prepare for the Morgan Stanley Strats & Modeling Exam?

October 23rd, 2012, 1:43 pm

Hi,I'm going to take the exam next week and I was wondering how to prepare for the Economics/Finance questions.I heard that these questions can get very tricky. I have all of the 4 books on quant interview questions, but they don't seem to cover these areas extensively. Do you know of any online source that I can use to solve some of these questions?I was thinking to do some CFA sample questions, but couldn't find any adequate source....Thanks
 
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How would you prepare for the Morgan Stanley Strats & Modeling Exam?

October 23rd, 2012, 3:26 pm

Which books do you have ?
 
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October 23rd, 2012, 3:36 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: bluetrinWhich books do you have ?Heard on the streetQuant job interview- JoshiFrequently asked questions in quant finance- Paul WilmottA practical Guide to quantitative finance interviews- Xinfeng Zhou
 
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How would you prepare for the Morgan Stanley Strats & Modeling Exam?

October 23rd, 2012, 3:51 pm

If you have a modeling exam, get a brazilian the day before
 
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October 23rd, 2012, 4:51 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperIf you have a modeling exam, get a brazilian the day beforethoughts of tangas and caipirinha popped up in my head but i can't get this one ppauper.
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October 23rd, 2012, 6:37 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: edouardQuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperIf you have a modeling exam, get a brazilian the day beforethoughts of tangas and caipirinha popped up in my head but i can't get this one ppauper.other sort of model (heidi klum and co) and for brazilian, see this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_wax ... ian_waxing
 
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October 23rd, 2012, 6:49 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperQuoteOriginally posted by: edouardQuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperIf you have a modeling exam, get a brazilian the day beforethoughts of tangas and caipirinha popped up in my head but i can't get this one ppauper.other sort of model (heidi klum and co) and for brazilian, see this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_wax ... _waxingyou talk lifke a woman i don't get a single word.
 
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November 2nd, 2012, 4:42 pm

anybody?
 
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How would you prepare for the Morgan Stanley Strats & Modeling Exam?

November 2nd, 2012, 5:30 pm

Shouldn't you have already done it?
 
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November 2nd, 2012, 6:03 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: HansiShouldn't you have already done it?Sandy may have caused a delay.
 
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November 2nd, 2012, 11:20 pm

To RoniNYC: the point of giving an exam on Finance/Economics is to actually test whether you have learnt the basics; not whether you can memorize some trick questions from some interview guide books. So, if you have time to prepare, go back to your finance books and make sure you have a handle on CAPM, Black-Scholes, the binomial model, etc. Most people (who have allegedly studied this) don't. Don't worry excessively about how many manhole covers there are in Manhattan or, for that matter, why manhole covers are round. While they are both traditional interview questions, they are unlikely to show up on your exam.