Intern In Sales & Trading applicants have rated the interview process at Morgan Stanley with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Morgan Stanley as a Intern In Sales & Trading according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
IQ intelligence test: 30%
One on one interview: 20%
Presentation: 10%
Skills test: 10%
Phone interview: 10%
Drug test: 10%
Personality test: 10%
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Several Zoom interviews over 2 weeks, after the standard Hireview process
I met several team members of different seniority and teams in sales trading
All in English
Very smooth and quick process, but started late, in November
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What piece of news in the markets did you find interesting recently?
Do you invest in stocks yourself?
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (London, England) in Nov 2025
Interview
OA -> HV -> TI -> AC
5 question HV, 30 minute telephone interview (didn't know what desk they were from until they called), in person assessment centre and then offer
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (London, England) in Nov 2024
Interview
Asked several questions about the dynamics of the company and what sets them apart from the competition. No technical questions as such, also a few personal questions over a 25 minute time period.
I applied online. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (London, England) in Sep 2024
Interview
Applied, had to do a simulation regarding numeracy, cooperation, and literacy. No hirevue or questions about why Morgan Stanley. They were emore concerned with performance and situational judgement. You would have to interact with fake employees to see how well you reacted to real life situations
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was the cash performance of this company in 2021 Q4 (read balance sheet)