Morgan Stanley Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (90%)

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Interview Difficulty (97%)

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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 (95%)

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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Interview Questions & Answers - Morgan Stanley Examples

Summer Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: February 2024
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
It was firstly a Hirevue and then I received a first round with a VP. The interview consisted of why MS, why group, and then moved into basic accounting technicals like how issuing debt runs through the 3 financial statements. Then, we moved on to brain teasers like reading and answering comprehension questions, tricky math questions, and also comprehending and making assumptions about graphs. It was moreso testing how you think and I guess "inherent intelligence" as my interviewer said.
Interview Questions
The brain teasers

Investment Banking Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: February 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Other
Interview
The hiring process is two steps. The first step is an immediate HireVue you get sent after submitting your online application (everyone gets this). You have 48 hours from the time of submission/the time the HireVue email is sent (which, again, is right after you submit your application) to complete your HireVue. The HireVue was 3 questions, 1 behavioral and 2 technical that were straight from the basic guides. You have 2 or 3 chances to submit your recording for each question, and unlimited time between each attempt, too. I believe you get about 1.5 minutes for each question as well. If your HireVue is successful, you then move onto the Superday rounds. This means that networking is really important for the MS hiring process because you have to stand out among thousands of other applicants just from a 3 question HireVue.
Interview Questions
Nothing was truly unexpected-- the technicals were 2 of the most basic "from the book" techs you could be asked. One was about methods you'd use to value a company and the other was about how you calculate FCF. Behavioral was about a time you worked in a team, so again, really basic, run of the mill Investment Banking interview questions.

Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: February 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Other
Interview
The first round is an immediate HireVue that's sent to everyone as soon as you apply. Their hiring process goes straight from HireVue -> Superday, so doing well on the HireVue and having someone to pull for your HireVue is extremely important because there are thousands of kids submitting HireVues. The HireVue consisted of 3 questions I believe and each one you had 2-3 attempts to record and about 1.5 minutes for each.
Interview Questions
Nothing difficult, it was mainly behavioral and I think a basic technical that was nothing more advanced than what you'd find in the 400 guide. One of the behaviorals was to tell them something that wasn't on my resume.

Investment Banking Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in San Francisco
Interviewed: March 2021
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Had one phone interview followed by a superday interview at the firm's office (San Francisco, since I was interviewing for tech). Interview consisted of questions on market deals of my choosing, a couple technicals straight from M&I guide, and a few behavioral questions.
Interview Questions
I was asked to talk through a recent M&A or IPO in the market.

Fixed Income Summer Analyst Program Interview - Fixed Income

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: January 2024
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
I went through their diversity program, networked with people from my university and that definitely helped me get a first round phone interview in mid-December. On the phone they asked why MS, why FID, how do you keep up with current events, what's the current inflation rate/interest rate, and then a couple brain teasers/easy math q's: how to get to square root of 4000 without a calculator, the lily pad doubling in a pond, and carnival game where it costs $3 to roll a dice and you earn however many dollars you roll.

At the diversity event, I had a super day with three half hour interviews back to back: one technical (what would you trade given $100k/what if you were trading for my grandmother, how are the 5 year and 10 year yield doing, how do you divide a clock into three equal pieces so that added up the numbers inside each section are equal, etc), one behavioral (leadership questions, tell me about a time you dealt with adversity, how do you respond to feedback), and one that was half behavioral/half about Morgan Stanley (what is unique about MS, who's the CEO, who's the head of ISG, etc).

I really liked my interviewers, felt comfortable with them and like they were being generous with my answers and helping me succeed. I was not prepared for the "what would you trade with $100k" question and butchered it, but tried my best and made an argument for buying Exxon bonds because of their recent Pioneer acquisition. It seemed like the interviewers cared a lot more about being personable and bright than necessarily having all the answers. He noticed that I was fumbling the technical trading q's and switched tacks to less intense technicals. During the brain teaser, the interviewer encouraged me when I was on the right track and suggested I try different tacks when I wasn't. I wasn't even sure I wanted to do FID but truly enjoyed speaking with all of them about their careers and why they'd stayed at MS for so long.
Interview Questions
What would you trade with $100k if it was for my grandmother?
Who is the CEO of MS?
How would you get to the square root of 4000 without a calculator?

Intern Interview - Sales and Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: January 2024
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
First, there was a phone call with a member of their team, and then, a month later, I had a superday with 3 individual one-on-ones.
Interview Questions
Expected value of an option that has same probability of going from 100 to 110 (counting ll single digit increases) and the same for reaching 90.

Sophomore Summer Analyst Interview - Financial Sponsors

Anonymous interview candidate in SF
Interviewed: May 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
2 analyst phone screens disguised as coffee chats, where you ask them some questions and they start asking you some basic technicals like walk through dcf, 3 statements... basically all the simple ones you can get from BIWS guides. Superday was 4 rounds of interviews, the first one was behavioral, second one was a case study (the group I interviewed for was FSG, so very PE heavy), third was pure technical with some tough PE / LBO questions but overall not too bad, fourth was an analyst bullpen visit where you chatted with analysts, very casual.
Interview Questions
LBO-related questions: not too difficult tho, they didn't ask for paper LBO or anything like that. It was mainly just things like how do you increase IRR, walk me through an LBO, etc. overall more conceptual leaning questions

Fund Services Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in Purchase
Interviewed: October 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
I completed a phone call interview after completing an online hirevue. My interviewer was very kind and supportive. Very communicative and friendly.
Interview Questions
They asked me for my view on the market and all other questions were resume based/behavioral.

Off cycle intern Interview - Fixed Income

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: September 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
I was contacted after a few weeks to schedule an initial phone interview. Two more followed after two weeks.
Interview Questions
Walk me through your resume and why finance
Covariance between two brownian motions
How to generate two correlated random variables

Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous employee in Houston
Interviewed: June 2023
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
Initially a hirevue followed by a first round with 2 associates followed by a Superday consisting of 4 interviews.
Interview Questions
Walk through how a selling a product with a $20 price and $10 COGS goes through the financial statements