I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Moody's in Jan 2019
Interview
I applied through my college and did an on-campus interview with two interviewers. They asked me standard questions about myself, asked me to go over certain things on my resume in detail and asked me questions related to my Economics courses such as my areas of interest, my favorite class etc.
They seemed tired and a little uninterested perhaps because they had conducted over 3 hours of interviews that day. The interviews were conducted in a giant sports stadium, so I was able to see the interview that took place before mine and I saw the interviewers high-fiving the interviewee.... I am concerned that mutual connections play a large role in the hiring process for this company (i.e. being on the same sports team, in the same fraternity etc. as the interviewers will get you far, while those who have no mutual/shared connections with the interviewers will not get anywhere). I noticed a similar trend among the employees at this company on Linkedin.
Anyhow, after spending 30 minutes interviewing I never heard back from this company. I think the least you could do is send out rejection emails, if that's not part of your HR protocol you're probably behaving unprofessionally and have no regard for candidates.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Moody's (West Chester, PA) in Dec 2017
Interview
Applied on website, received an email from a recruiter and had a brief phone interview asking basic experience questions. Second round interview was at West Chester office, had individual and group interviews with various managers. Afterwards, they administered a sort of test where they provided various types of municipal data and asked you to draw conclusions from it in a written report. Gave you about an hour.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What kind of statistical modelling experience do you have?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Moody's (West Chester, PA) in Nov 2014
Interview
Met with 8 people to discuss my background although it was originally scheduled to be 14 people so expect a long day. Mainly Senior Directors and the like. The questions weren't difficult and they were fairly friendly group. followed by a writing sample test where you are given an hour to analyze a set of regional data.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The writing sample. They say they want to see your ability to tell a story from the limited data you are given. They expect 350-500 words.