I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Calgary, AB) in Jun 2020
Interview
First phase consisted of a phone screen where object oriented principles, agile and behavioral questions were asked.
This is followed by a technical interview where whiteboarding of oop design, database construction, qa testing and behavioral questions are asked over 1.5 hours.
After this I was ghosted. No follow up although it was stated several times that regardless of the decision I would be contacted within 10 business days and have the option to get feedback if I was unsuccessful.
Be wary, clearly they don't view people as anything more than a number. Hopefully this does not reflect how they treat their employees but given the stories of recent high employee turnover I fear that this is not the case!
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Budapest) in Dec 2025
Interview
Applied for a fullstack position and after initial orientation round got into a two-hour long techincal interview with three interviewers that joined one after another. About 40 minutes per session: FE, BE, system design. Live coding with screen sharing. Would be nice to have a little break.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Coimbatore) in Jun 2025
Interview
Round 1 comprised aptitude, debugging, and coding sections. Debugging was relatively easy. The aptitude section included pattern recognition, scheduling, and basic quantitative questions. The coding round featured five tough problems that required strong logical thinking and advanced programming skills.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
in coding - coins related problem, dancer have to split the students equally where their absolute difference between them should be minimum.
The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Montreal, QC) in Dec 2024
Interview
Extremly long, start applying to other places. I was dragged through three technical assessments (not interviews, exams!), which one of them was in person. The questions are really tricky, they are not trying to test your analytical skills but mostly your memorization of the theoretical part. The analytical interview was amazingly complex but I got through (they asked to build a web app, integrate Redux and api calls) live, in an online editor while sharing my screen. They don't care for you as an individual and that says a lot about their work culture. I really didn't have a good feeling about them at all so I accepted another offer!
