Morgan Stanley Interview Experiences

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  Morgan Stanley Financial Analyst interview: timed fit and finance promptsMorgan Stanley · Financial Analyst · Other · Jul 2026

  After applying, I started with a HireVue that was mostly behavioral. I had to think on my feet within the time set for each question. A recruiter-style call followed and felt more focused on understanding me than on deep technical testing. The next round involved senior people and mixed behavioral questions with finance context and light technical reasoning. I had to explain my thinking aloud. On…

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  Software Engineer interview at Morgan Stanley: four-hour first in-person interviewMorgan Stanley · Software Engineer · Onsite · Jul 2026

  My first in-person interview was hard mainly because I had never gone through that format before, not because the material felt impossible. I did enjoy learning about the team and the company, and I appreciated the effort the interviewers put into the conversation. The day lasted four hours. By the end, both the interviewers and the team seemed tired, and that fatigue made the experience heavier…

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  Morgan Stanley Software Engineer interview: difficult introductory questionsMorgan Stanley · Software Engineer · Jun 2026

  My first introductory round was rough from the beginning. The questions felt difficult right away. What unsettled me was the interviewers' response: my answers did not satisfy them, and it seemed as though they wanted very specific responses instead of exploring my reasoning or allowing the discussion to develop. I could not make sense of the intent. The questioning felt as if it was constructing…

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  Phone Screen Then a Live-Coding Tech RoundMorgan Stanley · Data Scientist · Technical Screen · Mar 2026

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  Phone screen: they asked me a simple Python question, then a statistics question, and then a Black-Scholes model question (I passed). The next round was the tech interview, covering Gen AI and statistics questions. They told me to have paper and pen ready, and said they'd also ask me Python coding, and possibly a stress testing framework question. The interview started with Gen AI — they asked me…

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  Three VO Rounds from a Brainteaser to Black-Scholes RobustnessMorgan Stanley · Quantitative Researcher · Onsite · Dec 2025

  Virtual Onsite interview experience The VO had 3 rounds total, each about 30 minutes. Round 1 Mainly resume questions + probability questions + a brainteaser. The interviewer first asked some project-related questions based on my resume, then asked some probability questions. At the end there was a brainteaser: there's a dog running on a circle of radius 1, at speed 4. You're at some point inside…

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  Three Back-to-Back Technical Rounds on Options Pricing and AlgorithmsMorgan Stanley · Quant (Strats) · Technical Screen · Oct 2025

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  Morgan Stanley Quant (Strats). There are 2-3 rounds total, and I just finished round two. I'm not sure if round three will be a superday or just a chat with the MD. Round one was a straightforward LeetCode-style question, the same for everyone regardless of team — 30 minutes of live coding. Not hard, it tested a greedy algorithm, and once you saw it was greedy it clicked instantly. Round two was…