Morgan Stanley Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details Focus on network, experience, ability to grow into a management position, culture and team oriented approach very important

Interview Details Telephone Interview- I was informed around late evening that I would be having an interview the following morning. First round was largely technical but the interviewer was friendly, and the questions were follow ups to answers I was giving

Interview Details 3 stage process, first an informal phone call acting as a screener with questions about cv, job profile and company. followed by a 30 min phone interview and assessment centre consisting of two interviews and a group exercise.
questions focused mostly on competencies, teamwork, leadership, difficult situation etc.
knowing the job description, the expected daily tasks and company profile important too..

Interview Details Applied online, followed up by phone interview and then a Assessment Centre in London

Interview Details 1/ Apply online
2/ Online numerical test
3/ Phone interview: basically ask you competency questions and go through your CV.
4/ Assessment centre:
- Group exercise: make a choice about technology solution to be used in a project.
- Interview: competency questions (again) and then technical questions, mostly about object-oriented programming.

Interview Details The final AC involved 3 interviews with people at various levels of the company, ranging from analysts to VPs. They were mainly competency based, with the usual questions such as how you demonstrated leadership, give an example of where you failed at something, and they also asked 'why investment banking/equity research'. They also wanted to know which sectors I was interested in and talked about recent developments in those sectors. After the interviews we had a group exercise. Each person was given one investment proposal and as a team you had to decide which was the best and pitch it to a 'team of investors', followed by Q & A. Finally there was the individual presentation, you were given a large pack of information on two rival firms and had to pitch one of the two.

Interview Details 1st Stage: Telephone interview - competancy and motivational

2nd Stage: 5 interviews with Associates and MD - competancy, motivational and a little technical

3rd Stage: Assessment Centre - 2 interviews, technical and motivational. 1 group exercise with a case study on acquisition options for an e-commerce type company. 1 individual presentation, same case study with different acquisition options and 10 minutes to prepare beforehand. 1 numerical test.

Interview Details Hiring conducted by expats who were interviewing in Hungary. They were looking primarily for strong English language skills and were clueless to the caliber of people they were hiring. Thus, people with multiple masters degrees in subjects like finance, economics and higher mathematics were hired to do data entry jobs in Operations.

Interview Details Online application. Telephone interview with two different people, half an hour each. Mostly competency based questions but some questions about markets thrown in as well.