I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (London, England) in Oct 2016
Interview
The application process involves submitting a CV and a covering letter, following by a round of telephone interviews, which is then followed by a final Assessment Centre. Each round of interviews was conducted with a member of the business. The AC consisted of 3 interviews, a numerical test and a group exercise.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about something that you have done to demonstrate interest in finance
Final AC, was split into 3 separate interviews 2 were questions around the core values and current market news and quick trade idea as well as a few brain teasers.
Start off with a HireVue, where theres 3 questions and you have ability to retake some of them. After comes a call, followed by rounds of interviews if you end up making it farther.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Morgan Stanley, Why Sales & Trading, 3 biggest strengths/weaknesses
The application process began with an Online Assessment, followed by a five-question HireVue, then a telephone interview with a trader, and finally an assessment centre to evaluate skills and fit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Hirevue: Why S&T?
Interview: How do you deal with pressure?
Sales And Trading Summer Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Morgan Stanley with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 53% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales And Trading Summer Analyst roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 37 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Morgan Stanley overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Morgan Stanley as a Sales And Trading Summer Analyst according to 37 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 28%
One on one interview: 20%
Personality test: 11%
Presentation: 9%
Skills test: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
Background check: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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