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Morgan Stanley interviews FAQs
Summer IBD 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 Summer IBD 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 Summer IBD Analyst according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 22%
Presentation: 11%
Background check: 11%
Personality test: 6%
Drug test: 6%
Skills test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
different interview rounds with behavioral, technical, languages questions. interviewers were analysts and they took around 30 minutes each time. Easy questions in the beginning and getting harder time to time
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.