The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (New York, NY) in Jan 2011
Interview
I applied through my University career center. Got invited for a phone interview. First they asked about a project on my resume. Dow, MS stock price and USD/EUR exchange rate. Then they went on to some very difficult brainteasers and an easy option pricing question. My advice for those who interview for this position is to focus on brain teasers in your preparation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Starting at 0.0.0 going to 3.3.3 and you can only move right, up or forward. How many paths are there to 3.3.3?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (New York, NY) in Feb 2017
Interview
I applied online. it took two weeks. Then I attended a written exam. One week later, I got an email said that I passed the exam. Then I was scheduled two rounds of phone interview, and one onsite. Failed the last one.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (London, England) in Oct 2016
Interview
Got interviews from the rates group in London. Pure technical interviews. Both 1st round and 2nd round lasted for almost an hour filled with questions related to option pricing, numerical methods, probability, fixed income products and C++.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What kind of methods could be use to reduce variation in Monte Carlo?
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (New York, NY) in Jan 2011
Interview
Phone interview. Several Math questions. Takes thirty minutes. First asked about whether following the market, the price of current stocks, interest rate, currency exchange rate etc. The first round was just math, by a probably low level recruiter.
Six questions in thirty minutes. The interviewer recorded my answers. Finally, let you ask questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Say you have one bacterium now. In any minute, each living one has a quarter chance of dieing, a quarter of staying still, a quarter of splitting into 2, and a quarter of splitting into 3.
What is the probability of this species dieing out finally.
Quantitative Finance 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 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Quantitative Finance roles take an average of 5 days to get hired, when considering 4 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 Quantitative Finance according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 75%
One on one interview: 25%
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