Fixed Income Research Summer Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Morgan Stanley with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Fixed Income Research Summer Analyst roles take an average of 21 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 Fixed Income Research Summer Analyst according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 38%
One on one interview: 25%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
Personality test: 13%
Skills test: 13%
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Just phone screening with an analyst. Interview was pretty chill and the analyst was super nice. It was more like a casual talk on why I am interested in the job. There were no technicals.
The interview process for round 1 hirevue was really fair and easy and honestly not too hard. I am currently waiting for the response/offer but its just behavioral for the first round.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Why do you want to pursue a career in fixed income research?
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (London, England) in Sep 2025
Interview
A Telephone Interview that lasted around an hour was invited to complete a HackerRank before it - a mix of behavioural and commercial awareness, no technical questions, and a couple of brainteasters