I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (London, England) in Sep 2018
Interview
First round: 2 interviews
Second round: 2 intervies
Third round: Assesment Centre in London.
The people were all very friendly in the interview process. I received many technical questions and also many about my personality and motivation for Investment Banking. Moreover, they challenged me with multiple calculation questions and brain teasers. The first 2 rounds were in the Netherlands, and for the last round I went to the assessment centre in London. Overall it was a very nice process which went very quick.
Interview questions [7]
Question 1
Where in the world can you do the following? First you go 1 km south, then 1 km west and after that 1 km north, and you end up at exactly the same place as where you started.
If you drive at a circuit that is 1 km and you drive the first round at 30 km per hour, how fast do you have to drive the second round to have an average speed of 60 km per hour?
I applied online. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Hong Kong)
Interview
One on one inteview with associate. Directly dove into resume points and recent internships and opinions on subjects in previous work. Then is was technicals that I'd say are average difficulty, nothing crazy.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Key line items in financial statements
Explain leases on statements
I applied online. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley in Aug 2025
Interview
The whole interview process was fairly quick and with Hirevue, Online assessments, 1 VP round and super day. Was a smooth and efficient process and the hiring managers were very nice to speak to.
I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Hong Kong) in Sep 2024
Interview
Associate，30mins，all tech questions other than 'briefly introduce yourself'. Such as walk me through DCF, how to use CAPM to calculate Re, how to calculate Beta, and many CV-related questions. It's likely that the technicals will be asked combined with your own CV experiences.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
all tech questions other than 'briefly introduce yourself'. Such as walk me through DCF, how to calculate Re, how to calculate Beta, and many CV-related questions.
IBD Summer Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Morgan Stanley with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for IBD Summer Analyst roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 12 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 IBD Summer Analyst according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 22%
Presentation: 11%
Background check: 11%
Skills test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Personality test: 6%
Drug test: 6%
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