About the Company

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm, providing investment banking, securities, wealth management, and investment management services to clients worldwide. Founded in 1935, Morgan Stanley has built a strong reputation for its innovative solutions, strategic advisory, and commitment to delivering exceptional client service. With a presence in major financial centres around the world, Morgan Stanley serves a diverse range of clients, including corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals.

Company Profile

• Year founded: 1935
• CEO: James Gorman
• Employee Number: c.75,000
• Headquarters: New York City, USA
• Core Values: Putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, giving back, and commitment to diversity and inclusion
• Official website: https://www.morganstanley.com

Student & Graduate Recruitment Process

How to Prepare for the Online Assessment

Morgan Stanley's Online Assessment consists of 3-4 different tests depending on the role.

1. A numerical reasoning test
2. A verbal reasoning test
3. A logical (inductive) reasoning test
4. A situation judgement test

All those tests appear as part of the Situational Judgement Test, which is provided by Aon.

⌛️ Overall Time Needed to Practice: 5 days

⏰ Overall Time Needed to Complete the Assessment: 45 minutes

Situational Judgement Test

The assessment entails reading some scenarios and choosing the best response from the given options. During the test, you will receive messages and emails from your colleagues with different seniority, and you will be asked to provide the response you deem best in that situation. There will be 20 questions during the assessment, and those questions will be designed to assess the behaviours required to succeed in day-to-day work at Morgan Stanley.

In order to successfully pass this part of the assessment, you can practice our Situational Judgement Tests, which include ranking-style questions that help you understand corporate culture and what employers might be looking for.

Numerical Reasoning Assessment

This assessment is designed to assess your numerical skills and attention to detail. During this assessment, you will be asked to perform some calculations based on the information provided. This assessment comes as a part of the situational judgement test.

The test contains 18 questions, and you will be given 6 minutes to complete. If you cannot complete all of them, do not worry. Most people cannot complete all 18 questions in 6 minutes. During the assessment, you will be presented with some charts and diagrams and asked to make judgements on the statements given, whether the statement is True, False or Cannot Be Determined (Cannot Say)

The speed and accuracy of your calculation will be taken into consideration when calculating your final results. If you practice our set of Numerical Reasoning questions, with a focus on Challenge Zone: Assessment One and Two and become comfortable with them, you can easily pass this part of the assessment.

Logical/Inductive Reasoning Assessment

This part of the assessment will last for 5 minutes and contains 20 questions. It evaluates how many questions you can complete within 5 minutes correctly.

During this test, you will see some shapes that have some commonality and other shapes that follow the same rule. Based on those shapes, you will need to identify the missing shape. Overall, logical reasoning assessments are not very difficult. However, practice is essential for success. This assessment comes as a part of the situational judgement test.

In order to pass the logical reasoning assessment, you can simply practice our Logical Reasoning Tests.

Verbal Reasoning Assessment

During this assessment, you will be presented with some business information and need to make judgements on statements based on the information provided. There will be three options to choose from: True, False and Cannot Say.

The test contains 18 questions, and you will be given 5 minutes to complete. If you cannot complete all of them, do not worry. Most people cannot complete all questions in the given time. 

In roder to succeed in this part of the assessment, you can simply practise our Verbal Reasoning Practice Test.