I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (London, England)
Interview
1 - Numerical & verbal reasoning, situational judgement test.
2 - Competency interview (~15 mins) - gauging interest, previous achievements/experience in the sector (I didn't have any work experience in finance apart from 1 insight day)
3 - Technical interview (~30 mins) [described below]
First two were relatively easy, second interview felt very difficult and really felt stretched so wasn't expecting an offer so I'd say its probably a good thing if you feel you're being challenged.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
- Case study where I was asked to internalise information about a scenario, and then asked the options that the company faced
- asked me to read through CV and have economics background so grilled me on monetary policy triggers and economic relationships between different asset classes