Quantitative Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Morgan Stanley with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 29% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Quantitative Analyst roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 76 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 Quantitative Analyst according to 76 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 48%
One on one interview: 15%
Skills test: 11%
Presentation: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Group panel interview: 4%
Background check: 3%
Personality test: 3%
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I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Los Angeles, CA) in Nov 2012
Interview
Applied online, got an email about a written test. It was a one hour written test, covering math, finance, and probability. They claimed to hand out pencil and eraser for us in the exam but actually they didn't. I spent the first 5 minutes borrowing a pen.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. If r increases for 1 basis point, how will the coupon bond price change?
2. Given a matrix, find its complex eigenvalues.
3. a programming problem, but they ask how the code is manipulated in the machine memory. omg
First round online hackerrank test and verbal reasoning. The technical one includes math and coding test, medium level difficulty. Math problems involve questions like linear algebra, basic probability and statistics.
Contacted by HR, 4 rounds in total. 1st round was CV and basic statistics/coding in python. 2nd round was related to martingale/stochastics.3rd round was on SQL and puzzle. 4th was fit check with India head.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Introduction, questions related to CV and statistics.
It was a two step process. First a phone call with HR and then a Zoom interveiw with the team. Everything was done remotely, and they were responsive and fast.
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Question 1
Questions related to coding, finance, math, logic.