I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (City of London, England) in Jan 2010
Interview
First day I was flown over to London for a numerical and verbal reasoning. Fairly simple. There was also a visual reasoning test that I had never seen before on shl. It was comparing letters on one side to a list of letters on the otherside. Not much time so pick up a strategy quickly and burn through them.
This was literally all they brought me in for on the first day, so a week later (despite how badly i performed on the tests) I got a phone interview. Normal questions like WHY MS, Why operations. Then I think there were several based on what I could offer to MS and what I had done in the past which could transfer.
They were very very professional and ordered me a hotel for going back in. However am still waiting on the expenses repayments.
Asking general behavioral questions like self intro, any relevant experience with client, future career plan, etc. It was two round in person interview and nice culture and people. Good experience overall
I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Glasgow, Scotland)
Interview
Was very nice. They show you the building between rounds of interviews. First is a group interview, and then two individual interviews. The people are nice as well, and very friendly.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (New York, NY) in Feb 2026
Interview
Simple and straightforward and something you can take with you after. I hdid a lot of prep, and believe it is important to do so even until the morning of. It is also important to know about the firm and be yourself.
