IBD 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 40% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for IBD roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 5 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 IBD according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
Presentation: 29%
One on one interview: 14%
IQ intelligence test: 14%
Drug test: 14%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (London, England) in Dec 2014
Interview
Had a 30 minute telephone interview, then a networking event in a local bar with speed-dating like questions about my motivation and financial knowledge, then three face to face interviews then an assessment centre
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why MS? Why IB? What is a deal that has interested you? What is a news story that has interested you?
Superday. talked with 3 interviewers. People were nice, mostly behavorial. Only 1 interviewer asked me technical questions (generic IBD related such as accretion and dilution). Also a market sizing question which I think it's weird
Tough and nervous, but interviewers are professional. Asked many difficult questions. I answered some of them, but some cannot answered fully. There are two interviewers, a hr and a hiring manager.
Got a phone call, wasn't given much of a chance don't think. Interviewer didn't seem too interested really and was in a rush to not ask questions. Was a quick phone call and didn't really ask any other behaviorals.