Institutional Equity Sales & Trading applicants have rated the interview process at Morgan Stanley with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Institutional Equity Sales & Trading roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 2 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 Institutional Equity Sales & Trading according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
Personality test: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 20%
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley
Interview
Applied through school's career website, attended a networking session, reached out to a couple of analysts and was invited to a first round interview.
Interviewers tried to distract you as you told your story.
Interview consisted of questions about the markets, such as where the S&P was that day and what is going on in the news, other fit questions such as the interests on your résumé, and why Morgan Stanley.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you had $1 million, which 3 commodities would you invest in?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (New York, NY) in Oct 2020
Interview
The interviewers expect you to know what is going on in the markets to show that you are both knowledgeable and interested. If applying for sales and trading, you should have a stock pitch prepared — you’ll certainly need a long pitch and it’s good to have a short pitch too (most interviewers will let you do either but some will ask for one or the other).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is going on in the markets right now?
Give me a stock pitch.