Morgan Stanley Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

Glasgow, ScotlandPosted Jun 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a quick phone screen where I talked through my experience and answered some basic Java-related questions.

About a week later I moved into a technical screen where the Java focus continued, and I also had to implement a sorting algorithm by hand. The final stage was the long one: a four-hour interview with multiple interviewers, spanning system architecture, coding/algorithms, and behavioral questions.

The time horizon was what really got me—four hours is a lot, and even though I stayed engaged, it felt like the bar was demanding across multiple skill areas. After I finished everything, I didn’t immediately hear back from the recruiter. I followed up about a week later and was told they were

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