I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (New York, NY) in Jan 2012
Interview
Asked to come in for a first round interview in-person in NYC -- they don't do it over the phone so everyone gets equal footing with those who do first round on campus.
Interviewed by two people for thirty minutes each, who asked mostly behavioral questions (strengths, weaknesses, example of time you showed X) and a few technical things regarding valuation and current press.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you think the impact of a European default would have on XXX bond?
Online test and Hirevue followed by a phone interview with one of the member from the Global Capital Markets division
Questions were standard. you need to get extremely fast and accurate to at least get to the hirevue stage
it starts with resume drop and then moves to a hireview. then if you pass that it moves to recruiter call. then im not sure from there because i didn't make it that far.
HireVue video interview. 3 questions, 2 attempts for each question. I was given 48 hours to complete it from the time it was initially sent. I believe I had 1-1.5 minutes per question. Time moves fast when you're speaking, so beware.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why are you interested in applying to Morgan Stanley?