I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Montreal, QC) in Mar 2023
Interview
The interview was simple with two rounds and a take home assignment. Take home assignment was simple with some of the market trading concepts. The interviews got a bit technical with some ds algo or python pandas concepts
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you use pandas for the filling the missing data?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Mumbai) in Dec 2025
Interview
It was a very well structured interview. Questions asked baised on CV only. There were 3 panalist. It took almost 50 mins. They were in a hurry to hire. The interview process is very smeeless but the questions are difficult.
I applied through other source. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Mumbai)
Interview
Gave an interview via internal mobility. They haven't even shared any feedback. Very slow process. The entire process of internal mobility is quite slow. What more to add. I don't know.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Diamond Inheritance
DSA
Puzzles
Statistics
Current Projects
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Mumbai) in May 2024
Interview
There are 4 rounds of interview
- first being the technical round - with your hiring team manager
- second with onshore heads - technical and sometimes interpersonal
- third with the regional Vice President of the Division - techno managerial
- fourth with the regional head (Executive Director) of your division (like FID, wealth management etc) - techno managerial
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Should know everything you have mentioned in your CV
- market trends
- AI and Law (since I applied for the legal role)
- Crack a joke
- Who is the CEO of this bank?
- Basic contractual questions - should know Indian Contract Act at tips.
Senior Associate 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 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Associate roles take an average of 29 days to get hired, when considering 10 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 Senior Associate according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 26%
Phone interview: 18%
Group panel interview: 15%
Skills test: 15%
Background check: 12%
Drug test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Presentation: 3%
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