Morgan Stanley Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (88%)

The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

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Interview Difficulty (97%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

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% Interns - FT Offers (94%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

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About interviews at Morgan Stanley

Interviews at Morgan Stanley

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Year 2023
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1st Year Analyst
Year 2021
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Menlo Park
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Group/Division FICC - Fixed Income Currency and Commodities
Location Baltimore
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Year 2020
Job Title 2nd Year Analyst
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location London
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Year 2022
Job Title Summer Associate Intern
Group/Division Portfolio Management
Location Easton
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Job Title 1st Year Analyst
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Interview Questions & Answers - Morgan Stanley Examples

Internal Audit Intern Interview - Audit

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: November 2026
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Interview
Started as a HireVue, then after 2 weeks received a first round (30 minute, some behavioral, some basic technical), then after 2 weeks received a super day (3 back-to-back-to-back interviews).
Interview Questions
What's a risk MS faces in particular?

Summer analyst Interview - Prime Brokerage

Anonymous interview candidate in Kowloon City
Interviewed: November 2026
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Short 30 mins interview with basic behavioural and market based questions. Took 1 month after the hireview and got selected for the 15 mins chat. This was for institutional equities division in Hong Kong
Interview Questions
why would a company's stock price go down despite good earnings and guidance. How much does macro have an effect on the stock price.

Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous employee in Seattle
Interviewed: September 2026
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Background Check
Interview
Well first I applied online (really lucky as I did 0 networking).

Then there was a hirevue consisting of 5 questions (these questions were pretty hard for a hirevue as there was 3 behavioural and 2 technical/market based questions).

Then I got invited to a 30-50 minute VP 1on1 interview.

After that it was the superday consisting of 3 back to back interviews with VPs and MDs.

Finally there was an HR 'phone' interview to discuss the overall process, more details on Morgan Stanley, and verbally giving the offer.
Interview Questions
This was not unexpected but they got really in depth with one of their past deals. I had to really think from their perspective and they gave me numbers and assumptions and how I would approach that deal.

HK IBD Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Central
Interviewed: September 2025
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
The HK Cultural is terrible. Interviewed with a senior associate at MS HK and she seemed to be very very tired
Interview Questions
LBO Seniority/Waterfall; Tell me smth to make me happy

S&T Summer Analyst Interview - Sales and Trading

Anonymous employee in London
Interviewed: December 2025
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Background Check
Interview
OA --> Hirevue --> 1st round telephone interview around 1 month after submission of HV (can be much quicker) with a colleague from the business --> straight to in-person AC two weeks later, consisting of 2 behavioral + 1 technical interview + 1 group interview working on a hypothetical case
Interview Questions
How many text messages are sent in the UK each day?

Institutional Equity Division Interview - Sales and Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in Hong Kong
Interviewed: September 2026
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Finished the Hirevue and got invited to a 1 to 1 first round interview, which consisted mostly of behavioral questions plus two market-related questions. A month later received an invitation to spd.
Interview Questions
Why do you think AI can or cannot replace this position.

Public Finance Summer Analyst Interview - Public Finance

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: February 2026
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Applied public finance summer analyst 2027 when apps came out early Jan. Completed hirevue, similar to other MS roles, just basic behaviorals. Round 1 interview was on the phone early/mid February. Interviewed with md/head of public finance. Behaviorals including "Tell me about a time you worked on a team" and "Walk me through a situation when you had to properly manage your time". The most techncial questions were what you knew about public finance, and bond math/perpetuity. One was would you rather have $1000 today or $100 every year forever? He was pretty chill but sounded quite tired during the interview process.
Interview Questions
Nothing too difficult, just as I expected with bond math and what is public finance broadly. Good to keep up with the news and maybe read up on a few public finance deals beforehand, and doing research through sites like Bond Buyer.

Most difficult question was probably the present value question, whether you would rather get $1000 today or $100 every year indefinitely.

GCM Off Cycle Intern Interview - Debt Capital Markets

Anonymous employee in London
Interviewed: October 2026
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Interview
Final day in person AC, following OA>HV>TI>AC. Everything moved quite quickly and was very efficient. I think the whole process from applying to receiving the offer took around a month
Interview Questions
Why do MS and not JPM/GS/BOA?

sales and trading intern Interview - Sales

Anonymous interview candidate in Zurich
Interviewed: November 2025
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Applied to campus recruiting event, then got a call back to the offices. Total of 3 rounds including the campus event round. Mostly behavioral questions but needed ability to discuss markets with the trader and pitch a stock / trade.
Interview Questions
Questions were quite in line with behavioral questions (eg TMAY, Failure, Teamwork, etc…). No technicals. However one was on why return to markets after a sabbatical, why do I want this stress?

Equity Research Summer Analyst Interview - Pharmaceuticals

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: March 2025
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Background Check
Interview
After hirevue, I had a Phone screening with a VP Where I walked through my resume (including prior internship experiences and on-campus involvement), and also pitched a stock that I had already pitched for a club. Then I had an online super day which consisted of 3 back-to-back 30 minute interviews with more senior members of the equity research department. I received an offer exactly a week later.
Interview Questions
I was expected to have 1-2 pitches ready (with some type of valuation to explain, not necessarily a whole model).
Other than that, the questions were very typical - why equity research, why Morgan Stanley, STAR method situational questions.
I was also asked about my major, and how I would incorporate what I learned at school on the desk.
Fermi estimation - how many stairs are in the Empire State Building?
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