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Morgan Stanley interviews FAQs
Executive Director applicants have rated the interview process at Morgan Stanley with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 65% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Executive Director roles take an average of 41 days to get hired, when considering 19 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 Executive Director according to 19 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 35%
Phone interview: 24%
Background check: 15%
Group panel interview: 12%
Drug test: 6%
Skills test: 6%
Personality test: 3%
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Very very very thorough interview process. I was interviewed as an associate. Even then i remember having to go through at least 8 rounds of grilling before the position was offered. In each round the interviews were very exploratory and gave enough opportunity to leverage ideas
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cant think back in time. Overall the interviews were more open ended.
The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (London, England) in Jan 2026
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Got to the final round (it took 8 interviews by then), but eliminated there. The people very obviously nice and friendly and everything but what stood out the most is that the hiring manager took time to give me feedback after he told me that I would not be selected to move forward in the process. Even though I was obviously let down, I still appreciate the care he took in conducting this process.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (New York, NY) in Sep 2025
Interview
Employee referral. met with senior members of the group and other groups. questions were focused on cultural fit and deal experience. did not receive any followup via HR or the hiring manager. I was not moved to the next round but also not formally rejected.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (New York, NY) in Jul 2025
Interview
4 rounds. They were focused on knowing the firm well and describing why I was interested in the specific role. All other questions were behavioral. Everyone was very professional. Office was great. Overall an incredible company.