Morgan Stanley HireVue questions, the three that keep coming back.

Morgan Stanley's own interview preparation page says only that interviews could be competency, strengths based, skills based or technical, and that it is interested in how you work through a scenario. The steps below come from dated candidate reports and are marked as reported; your invitation is the final word on format and deadline.

For US Technology Analyst and Technology Summer Analyst candidates, the reports converge on three recorded questions, about a minute and a half per answer and two tries per question. The same three appear in reports from September 2024, October 2025 and September 2026, and the latest describes them as the same every year. London's Summer Technology HireVue is different and longer, so check which office your invitation is from. Here is each US question and how to take it.

• Why Morgan Stanley, and why this role?: Name one thing about Morgan Stanley's technology work you can point to, and one thing about the programme you applied to. Generic praise for the firm uses up your 90 seconds without saying anything.
• A time you noticed something was wrong: One story, told fast: what you noticed, what you did, what happened. Pick one where you acted, not one where you only reported it.
• A tech trend over the next 6 to 12 months: Pick something specific and current, say what changes for a bank, and give your view. Prepare two trends in case the first feels stale on the day.
• Two tries: Candidates report two attempts per question. Use the first as a real answer, not a rehearsal: you may not like the second better.
• The deadline: Reports differ: a prep guide says 24 to 48 hours is common for the 2026 and 2027 cycles, and a July 2025 candidate had 72 hours. Read your invitation the day it arrives.

Formats vary by office and programme, and change between cycles. These are reports, not Morgan Stanley's published format.

Morgan Stanley names five core values, and its preparation page says it cares how you work through a scenario more than whether you have the right answer. Recorded answers are short, so pick one value per story:

• Do the right thing: the natural frame for the "something was wrong" question
• Put clients first: tie your tech trend to what it changes for clients or the firm
• Lead with exceptional ideas: an opinion on the trend, not a summary of it
• Commit to diversity and inclusion: a team you made work, if the question allows it
• Give back: a reason to choose Morgan Stanley that is about more than the brand

The three questions below are the US Technology set candidates report. Each has a rubric for a 90-second spoken answer; practise them out loud against a timer, because the recording does not wait.

Base pay ranges from Morgan Stanley's own programme postings, read on 27 October 2026; both programmes are now marked no longer active. The postings say base pay is only part of total compensation.

1. Check your invitation the day it arrives: the deadline, the number of questions and the office.
2. Write one 90-second answer each to the three US questions, then say them out loud against a timer.
3. Prepare two current technology trends with a view on each, in case one feels stale on the day.
4. For "why Morgan Stanley", name one specific thing about its technology and one about the programme.
5. Record in a quiet, lit room and use the first attempt as a real answer.
6. Before the Superday, practise data structures problems and CS fundamentals such as database indexes out loud.

This page covers one round: the HireVue for Morgan Stanley's technology programmes, with the Superday and London's format briefly. Morgan Stanley publishes no stage list, so everything about the process is from dated candidate reports, marked so. For management and leadership roles the loop is similar but the bar shifts to people, delivery and strategy, so pair it with the leadership interview prep hub. The bar for your exact role comes from the role-by-role guides, and the prep that actually transfers is spoken, so run a mock interview before the real one.

Also interviewing at Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase or Visa? Their guides follow the same format, from the first screen to the offer.

• 01Morgan Stanley, Interview preparationinterviews could be competency, strengths based, skills based or technical; how you work through a scenario, read 27 October 2026
• 02Morgan Stanley, About usthe five core values, read 27 October 2026
• 03Morgan Stanley, 2026 Technology Full Time Analyst Program, New York$110,000 to $125,000 base, training in February and August, an 8-week global programme, the skills asked for; marked no longer active, read 27 October 2026
• 04Morgan Stanley, 2027 Technology Summer Analyst Program$70,000 to $110,000 base, graduation between December 2027 and May 2028; marked no longer active, read 27 October 2026
• 05Glassdoor, Morgan Stanley Technology Analyst, New York (17 September 2024)the three HireVue questions verbatim: why Morgan Stanley and this role, a time you noticed something was wrong, a tech trend over the next 6 to 12 months; read 27 October 2026
• 06Glassdoor, Morgan Stanley Technology Analyst (27 October 2025)three questions on technology trends and readiness, two tries per question, 1.5 minutes per answer; read 27 October 2026
• 07Glassdoor, Morgan Stanley Summer Analyst, offer accepted (10 September 2026)a HireVue of three questions, the same every year: why Morgan Stanley, why the team, a tech trend in the next 6 to 12 months, then a Superday; read 27 October 2026
• 08Glassdoor, Morgan Stanley Technology Analyst Program Superday (29 November 2025, same listing)two technical interviews and one behavioural, data structures and algorithms and CS fundamentals, a question on types of indexes in relational databases; read 27 October 2026
• 09Wall Street Oasis, Morgan Stanley Summer Technology Analyst, London (interviewed December 2025, published 3 February 2026)situational judgement and deductive reasoning tests, a HireVue of 7 to 10 questions with two attempts each, and a four-round assessment centre ending in a HackerRank design exercise
• 10Finbound, Morgan Stanley HireVue questions 2027 (updated 2 October 2026)a 24 to 48 hour completion window described as common for the 2026 and 2027 campus cycles
• 11Reddit r/csMajors, Morgan Stanley Summer Analyst Program (26 July 2025)72 hours to complete the HireVue; any coding language allowed
• 12Reddit r/csMajors, Morgan Stanley Superday (8 March 2026)a virtual Superday of one hour

Interview processes change. This reflects widely-reported and sourced conditions as of 2026 — confirm specifics with your recruiter, and treat it as a map rather than a guarantee.