Morgan Stanley Japan 2028: 10 Interview Questions and English Prep

Interview Process at a Glance

Prepare for the 2028 class's graduate and Japan Summer Analyst selection using reports from 2017, 2021, 2022 and an unspecified cohort. These include Boston Career Forum and Finance accounts, not confirmed questions for Tokyo's 2028-class summer selection.

• Tokyo's 2027 Japan Summer Analyst Program is documented as ten weeks in June–August 2027, for graduation between September 2027 and June or July 2028. Its September 27, 2026 deadline is still ahead of the September 24, 2026 reference date. Check official eligibility and application status. (Source: Morgan Stanley Japan, official events and programmes)
• Selection information includes online entry, an entry sheet and English CV, TG-WEB, HireVue video interviews, then first/second interviews or Superday. Language and sequence vary by division and year; this is not a universal confirmed process. (Source: Morgan Stanley Japan, official events and programmes; ONE CAREER reports 933166, 17051 and 550496)
• A class-of-2022 Finance account reports English being required in the first two interview sessions. Use motivation and intended-work prompts for English practice; this does not mean every division or question uses English. (Source: ONE CAREER, class of 2022, Finance interview, report 550496)

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Real Interview Questions

1st Interview: Introduction and Reasoning

• 1-minute self-introduction (Source: ONE CAREER, class of 2017, 1st interview, 17051)
• What did you work hard on during your student days? (Source: ONE CAREER, class of 2017, 1st interview, 17051)
• What would you do if you had 1,000 trillion yen? (Source: ONE CAREER, class of 2017, 1st interview, 17051)
• Who among this group would you want to work with? And why? (Source: ONE CAREER, class of 2017, 1st interview, 17051)

Answer guidance: Focus a one-minute introduction on a strength and evidence for it. For the hypothetical money prompt, explain the assumptions and reasoning behind your choice.

Interview: Ideas and Relationships (Cohort and Round Unspecified)

• If you had a high-performance AI, what would you use it for? (Source: unistyle, cohort unspecified, interview, round unspecified, 1062)
• What would you do if there is someone you dislike? (Source: unistyle, cohort unspecified, interview, round unspecified, 1062)

Answer guidance: Connect your proposed AI use to a problem you want to solve. Separate personal feelings from professional behavior when discussing someone you dislike.

Interview: Boston Career Forum Account

• Impressions of the interviews and dinner at the Boston Career Forum (Source: ONE CAREER, class of 2021, interview, round unspecified, 364219)
• Which department are you particularly interested in? Where would you like to do your internship? (Source: ONE CAREER, class of 2021, interview, round unspecified, 364219)

Answer guidance: This is an account from the Boston Career Forum route, not a universal Tokyo summer-selection prompt. Do not invent attendance; use the department question to clarify your interests.

Finance Interview: Reported English Sessions

• Reason for applying to Finance (Source: ONE CAREER, class of 2022, interview, reported English sessions, 550496)
• What kind of work do you want to do? (Source: ONE CAREER, class of 2022, interview, reported English sessions, 550496)

Answer guidance: Explain your motivation for Finance and the work you want to do in English. Finance is the division named in this account; do not conflate it with IBD or Markets.

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What Candidates Say

These are translations of individual accounts from different divisions and application routes, not company-wide criteria or a confirmed 2028 process.

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How to Prepare

• Expand from a one-minute introduction into the context, decisions and actions in your student experience.
• Distinguish Finance, IBD and Markets and connect your interest in the relevant division to your experience.
• Use unusual prompts to practice stating assumptions and reasons instead of seeking a single model answer.
• Mocky's AI interviewer speaks English only. Use the Finance English-session account to rehearse motivation and intended work aloud.