2021 Morgan Stanley Sophomore Summer Analyst Program


Hey guys! So I go to a semi-target school and early November, I received a notification for first round phone interviews for MS SA Equity Research. A week later, they got back to me with a superday offer, which I had on the 13th. To let you know how the superday went, I think it went pretty nicely. I had a good convo with the first interviewer and he even said well done for one of my answers while the second interviewer asked me a lot about my extracurricular activities, which i enjoyed talking about. We had a great conversation. The third interviewer was similar. For the fourth interview, while I was talking about one of my stocks, I mentioned how I did a DCF. The interviewer seems surprised (almost intrigued I guess?) and started asking me what a DCF if is and onwards until I stumbled on one question near the end of the interview. But he didn't have these questions written out or anything. He was just thinking about them on the spot and he was also very nice. He almost seemed interested to see what I know. So that was my interview and the first and last interviewers also replied back to my thank you emails. I don't know if this means anything but just for reference. I haven't heard back yet thought which is worrying me. I asked the recruiter right after the superday when I would be expected to hear back and she said within 2 weeks. I also asked an associate and she said they got back to the applicants early Dec last yr and for me to wait until after thanksgiving (which is a little more than 2 weeks) I'm just so worried tho! Do any of you know how many people they take or when decisions usually come out. It has exactly been 2 weeks since my superday.

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