I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Moody's
Interview
Firstly, a call with HR, then a couple of online tests (text comprehension and logic and calculation) after which 2 interviews with peers and management. All in all, pretty standard and a relatively quick process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly about my day to day work at my previous workplace and some about recent financial news.
I applied online. I interviewed at Moody's (New York, NY)
Interview
I applied online through LinkedIn and then through the link on LinkedIn to the company's website. I got a call from a recruiter/HR who asked me to go through my resume and then asked me 5 accounting questions (it was a little obvious he didn't know the answers he was just reading a script and matching your response to the script.) They were simple questions and I got them alright he said he would set another one up. I got another call from a different recruiter who asked me behavioral questions. At the end of that call this recruiter set up a day for me to interview with the actual team. I interviewed with three managers (one at a time, one would come in and then leave and another would come in) who asked pretty similar questions (all three asked the same question like "walk me through a Cash Flow Statement"). They all started with accounting questions and then behavioral questions. They told me I would hear back from the recruiters whether I got the job. In retrospect, at this point I did not feel good or bad about my prospects. Two days later the first recruiter called me to offer me the job and gave until the end of the week to give an answer. At the end of the week I called him to accept. On the "interview difficulty" I say average because if you know accounting you will breeze through the accounting questions, but on the behavioral questions the recruiters were easy to talk to but the managers didn't seem like they had interviewing experience so it was a little clumsy.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Moody's (New York, NY)
Interview
The interview consisted of a phone screen with HR which consisted solely on accounting questions. They let you know pretty quickly if you get the super-day. I then met with a couple of managers who asked accounting based questions as well as behavioral questions. The people i interviewed with overall were very nice. I guess the best thing to do is try to relate with them since not only is the interview testing your knowledge, it is also testing whether you are someone they want to sit next to for 50+ hrs. The accounting question tend to be repetitive for obvious reasons.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
If you have two companies, one uses LIFO and the other FIFO, which of the two has the most income and which has the most expenses?