Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Morgan Stanley with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 49% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 109 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 Software Engineer according to 109 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 26%
One on one interview: 21%
Group panel interview: 13%
Skills test: 10%
Presentation: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Background check: 6%
Personality test: 5%
Drug test: 5%
Other: 1%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Morgan Stanley (Bengaluru) in Sep 2025
Interview
Interviewer was not interested to take the interview. Worst interview experience in my lifetime. The conversation felt rushed, and there was very little engagement or willingness to understand my background. Maybe other interviewers might be good, but for me this was definitely not a positive experience. I hope the process improves so future candidates don’t face the same issue.
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medium level java, design pattern and solid principals
Great processes - 4 interviews and one presentation. Over all found it fair and enjoyable . Was tough but think it was the correct process for the role and I’m glad that I took part.
Mostly technical. Asked reverse string. Asked stuff from my resume, both experience wise and technically delved deeper asking about SQL questions etc...Know your resume well and be prepared for easy lt.
I recently had a telephonic interview focused on technical concepts such as Core Java, OOPS principles, Multithreading, and String usage. The interviewer asked in-depth questions, especially about real-time implementation of multithreading and memory handling with strings.