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Morgan Stanley is one of the most highly respected financial institutions in the world. Its name on your resume will open doors throughout your career. Morgan Stanley is a global leader in mergers and acquisitions, IPO underwriting, investment management, and wealth management. It's also passionate about philanthropic efforts, especially when it comes to assisting children and those in dire financial need. Recently, the firm made great strides when it comes to creating a more diverse workforce.
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One of the most prestigious financial institutions in the world, Morgan Stanley is ideally looking for well-rounded, technically-sound, intellectual curious, motivated fast-learners with integrity, strong communication skills, and a specific interest in the firm. For students, Morgan Stanley runs highly valuable internship programs. Investment banking interns get a lot of early responsibility on live transactions, while sales and trading interns get the ability to rotate on multiple desks, shadowing salespeople and traders. All interns get access to senior professionals, training, and many networking opportunities. Meanwhile, the firm’s full-time professionals have access to extensive growth opportunities, including significant early responsibility, mentoring, formal training prog...
About the Company
New York-headquartered financial services giant Morgan Stanley is divided into three core businesses: Institutional Securities, Investment Management, and Wealth Management. Institutional Securities include investment banking (M&A advisory, restructuring, real estate, project finance, capital raising), global capital markets (IPO, follow-ons) equity and fixed-income sales and trading, and corporate lending. Investment management includes institutional investment products and mutual funds across a range of fixed-income, equity, and alternative investments. Wealth management provides financial planning and wealth management services, annuities and insurance, and brokerage and investment advisory services that cover a wide range of investment alternatives.
The firm’s history can be traced to 1935, when J.P. Morgan & Co...
Employee Reviews
- “My team appreciates and highlights taking time off and providing a solid work/life balance. I have limited amounts of work on the weekends, and I feel that everyone is respectful of my time in and out of the office.”
- “Lots of work and lean teams means that you have a lot of exposure and experience to clients and deals. However, that comes at the cost of longer hours and limited ability to take true vacation time where you are fully unplugged.”
- “The firm is deliberate about implementing policies that support good quality of life. In recent months, the firm has hired several lateral associates to support the number of MDs and increased deal flow we are experiencing. The staffer does a great job managing people’s vacation requests so you don’t have to be ‘available’ when you are away.”
- “The team is generally very accommodating on honoring personal commitments and protecting personal life. However, it is exceptionally difficult to ever disconnect. I personally have canceled vacations each of the past few years, so now only schedule in the few windows where things are slowest (and even then, it’s prone to interruption).”
Why Work Here
At Morgan Stanley, a corporate culture in which everyone feels they belong is fundamental to our role as a global leader, constantly striving for excellence in all that we do.
You are encouraged to use your creativity to tackle complex problems: If you are someone who enjoys stretching yourself professionally, who is excited to take on new and complex challenges every day, you’ll find a way to build a gratifying career at Morgan Stanley.
You’ll find opportunities to innovate every day, including as a technologist (that’s right—a technologist): Working in technology at a financial services firm offers many of the same exciting opportunities for innovation that big tech companies and startups do, while delivering the sort of variety, mobility, autonomy and resources other companies can’t.
You’ll have the chance to work at a company where diversity is highly-valued: Our employees represent a wealth of different backgrounds and bring their unique perspectives, ideas and experiences to whatever role they take on, helping cultivate a workplace that is resilient, results-driven and effective.
You’ll be encouraged to give back to your community: Morgan Stanley employees create meaningful, lasting social impact, whether they are working at food banks during our Global Volunteer Month every June or offering expertise as part of our annual pro bono initiative.
Getting Hired Here
- “The ideal candidate is someone who is intelligent, able to think outside the box, able to dig into data to look for patterns and issues that may be monetizable and is respectful and easy to work with.”
- “The firm is not necessarily looking for individuals with a finance or economics educational background but for highly motivated individuals who bring different perspective to the table. They want to work with fast learners who have a keen interest in the culture of our firm.”
- “The firm's interview process is very competitive. The process takes time; the hiring timeline is never going to be as quick as the candidate wants. The ideal candidate is a thoughtful, execution-oriented person. Someone who can learn quickly, analyze information, make connections and provide actionable insights. Strong communication, analytical, problem-solving skills.”
- “Our firm has three to four rounds of interviews, including an initial HR screen, one to two rounds of an interview with a hiring manager and future colleague, and a senior management interview for more senior roles. The ideal candidates need to possess the required skills, have integrity, are willing and able to learn quickly, and have good problem-solving skills.”
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