Java Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Morgan Stanley with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Java Developer roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 20 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 Java Developer according to 20 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 34%
One on one interview: 26%
Skills test: 17%
Group panel interview: 9%
Presentation: 6%
Background check: 6%
Drug test: 3%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (New York, NY)
Interview
A recruiter reached out to me and arranged a telephonic technical interview. But I never heard back from them about the interview or anything else, even though I sent many update emails.
I applied online. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Glasgow, Scotland)
Interview
3 total rounds
1. 30m phone screen where I was asked about my experience and some basic Java-related questions.
2. 1h technical interview where I was asked more Java-related questions and had to implement a sorting algorithm by hand.
3. Final 4h interview where multiple interviewers that spanned system architecture, coding/algorithms, and behavioural questions.
After all that process, the recruiter never bothered to get back to me. I followed-up after a week and was informed that they're still making final decisions. No answer after that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain the architecture of a system that you currently work with
I applied online. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Budapest) in Feb 2026
Interview
Very enjoyable interview, the interviewers tried to dig deep in my skills, they weren't just passive listeners. Gave me an example of what it is like to work in this specific team.
It was for the role Software Engineer - Java Developer. Hr reached out to discuss about the role. There were 2 rounds of technical interview.
Each round will consist of 1 hour interview.And then followed by an hr round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mainly focused on dsa and java
Asked to sort list of employees based on its id using java8.
Given an array and target, find the indices from the array whose sum is equals to the target. The solution should be in O(n)