-: So the academic background that you need
for sales and trading is actually very diverse.
We have tons of liberal art majors working for us.
We have engineers, we have finance managers,
we have accountants.
In fact, the liberal arts major is quite a decent major
to have coming into our business
because one thing that you have to be in our business
is innovative.
It is not a standard checklist on a daily basis.
Markets move, the content changes all the time,
there's different challenges that happen
with our client base,
so you always have to be thinking about
how do you solve for the client?
And that is not the same recipe on a daily basis.
At the end of the day,
you need to be able to think in the gray.
Clients don't always know what they're asking you,
and so you need to figure that out
so that you can offer a solution
and find every opportunity to deliver value
to both them and to the organization.
The only way you can do that is to be curious,
and to me, curiosity is one of the best skills
somebody can bring to the table.
To land a job in sales and trading,
it's all about the summer internship.
It is the best way to get a full-time offer.
However, you have to get to the summer internship first.
To get there and really differentiate yourself,
in my business, you need to be passionate about the markets.
You also need to show passion towards Morgan Stanley.
You can't show up to an interview
and not know who the CEO of Morgan Stanley is.
You need to have a stock pitch ready,
and you need to know everything there is about the stock.
It cannot be,
"I like Apple because it's exciting and innovative."
You need to know everything about their cash flow,
you need to know what their product development looks like,
you need to know who their competitors are,
you need to know what the supply chain looks like,
you need to know every aspect of that stock
and pitch it with conviction,
and when people ask you questions,
not be afraid to debate and state your view.
Those are the types of things
that will differentiate yourself in the interview.