MSCI interview questions
Updated May 12, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 18%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 15%RecruiterRecruiter
- 11%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 6%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 4%In PersonIn Person
- 3%OtherOther
Interview search
550 interviews
MSCI interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at MSCI as 64.1% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for ESG Associate and Junior Software Developer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Vice President – Global Consolidation and Financial Systems and Java Developer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at MSCI takes an average of 28 days when considering 277 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Research had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Senior A roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 150 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at MSCI according to 277 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 19%
Skills test: 14%
Group panel interview: 12%
Background check: 10%
Presentation: 7%
Personality test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 1%
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