I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley in Oct 2019
Interview
I applied online, psychometric tests, 1st round and then second round interview. First round was behavioural and what you knew about the company. Second round really threw me off. I practised valuation methods, current deals going, and brain teasers but instead the interviewer asked me questions that had nothing to do with the role such as “tell me about the America-China trade war???? Your success really heavily depends on the kind of interviewer you get. It’s heavily random. I was slightly irritated and withdrew my application shortly after.
Hirevue, it was pretty basic but mine kept glitching and lagging which is probably my wifi fault. Overall, it should have been easy but I was unprepared and the wifi glitching threw me off.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (London, England) in Oct 2025
Interview
After online assesments and HireVue, you advance to a short phone call with a team associate. It's mostly behavorial and basic concepts of GCM and Morgan Stanley. Motivations for GCM rather than M&A, recent MS GCM deals, CV, backrground...
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you know about a recent Morgan Stanely GCM operation?
30 min Phone interview; notified a week in advance. Purely behavioral questions - even 3 in a row that could use the same answer - and CV based questions. No technical questions were asked.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
CV walk through tell me a time you felt challenged tell me a time of teamwork tell me a time of leadership