Public Finance 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 58% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Public Finance 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 Public Finance Summer Analyst according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 47%
One on one interview: 27%
Skills test: 13%
Personality test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
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They want to ensure that you know technicals and that you are a good fit for the group. That being said, if they see potential in you, they are willing to teach you a lot of the technicals.
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Why Morgan Stanley? Why do you want to go into public finance?
Hirevue, Phone Screen, Superday - was pretty chill, no online assessments or anything of the sort that I can remember - around a 3 month timeline for everything if i recall correctly.
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Questions are odd, more towards MS itself- know diff types of municipal bonds, what their stock price is trading at, their CEO name, what values, etc...
Smooth interview experience. applied early and got notification to complete hirevue. completed hirevue and got invitation weeks after to complete a fist round interview. heard back from first round. didn’t make it
I applied online. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (New York, NY) in Feb 2026
Interview
The first round interview was very simple. An analyst called me on the phone during the scheduled time and only asked me behavioral questions. Some examples of questions that I was asked were "Tell me about yourself", "How do you stay updated with what is going on in the financial industry and the economy?", "Tell me about a time you worked on a team, and you had to deal with a difficult situation?", and "Tell me about the current classes you are taking right now and why you enjoy your favorite one?" (for this question i would suggest talking about how that class relates to Public Finance). Overall, the interview was very simple, and you should not worry about it as much.
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Tell me about the current classes you are taking right now and why you enjoy your favorite one?