Moodys Corporation Interview Questions (2025) - 38 Entries

Moodys Corporation Interview Questions

39 total interview insight submissions

Interview Experience (86%)

The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

3.6

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Interview Difficulty (93%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

2.9

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% Interns - FT Offers (89%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

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Interviews at Moodys Corporation

Get Prepared

Year

Job Title

Group/Division

Location

Experience

Difficulty

N/A

Year 2024

Job Title N/A

Group/Division Credit Risk

Location New York

Experience

Positive

Difficulty

Average

Student / Prospective Monkey

Year 2024

Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey

Group/Division Investment Grade Finance

Location Toronto

Experience

Neutral

Difficulty

Average

Student / Prospective Monkey

Year 2024

Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey

Group/Division Investment Grade Finance

Location Toronto

Experience

Neutral

Difficulty

Average

1st Year Analyst

Year 2021

Job Title 1st Year Analyst

Group/Division N/A

Location New York

Experience

Very Positive

Difficulty

Easy

N/A

Year 2022

Job Title N/A

Group/Division N/A

Location new york

Experience

Neutral

Difficulty

Average

1st Year Analyst

Year 2022

Job Title 1st Year Analyst

Group/Division Generalist

Location New York

Experience

Neutral

Difficulty

Average

1st Year Analyst

Year 2018

Job Title 1st Year Analyst

Group/Division Analytics

Location New York

Experience

Neutral

Difficulty

Difficult

1st Year Analyst

Year 2018

Job Title 1st Year Analyst

Group/Division Utilities

Location New York

Experience

Neutral

Difficulty

Difficult

1st Year Analyst

Year 2018

Job Title 1st Year Analyst

Group/Division N/A

Location New York

Experience

Positive

Difficulty

Average

2nd Year Analyst

Year 2018

Job Title 2nd Year Analyst

Group/Division Debt Capital Markets

Location Hong Kong

Experience

Very Positive

Difficulty

Average

Interview Questions & Answers - Moodys Corporation Examples

RRS Intern Interview - Credit Risk

Anonymous interview candidate in New York

Interviewed: September 2024

Date Submitted: Dec 03, 2024

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Employee Referral

Length of Process

1-2 months

Application

Group Interview

Interview

First round screening 2:1 with VPS, mainly behavioral with basic technicals relevant to team your intervieiwng with. Superday month alter back to bac 2:1.

Interview Questions

What is Strucutred finance, how would you evaluate..., credit risks

Sample Answer

Ratings Associate Interview - Investment Grade Finance

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto

Interviewed: February 2024

Date Submitted: Jul 20, 2024

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months

Application

Phone Interview

1 on 1 Interview

Group Interview

Interview

Got an email from an HR person for a HR phone screening interview.

The call actually happened like 2 weeks later, another phone interview with direct manager was scheduled the next day and then a super day the next day.

All of this was virtual or on phone. The super day consisted of two long interview with two people each. One with direct manager (again) and another college. The other was a behavioral interview (tell me about a time you managed a team etc).

Interview Questions

For me, the behavioral part was hard. I had not exactly prepared those tell me about a time questions.

Sample Answer

SDR Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in New York

Interviewed: May 2021

Date Submitted: Apr 07, 2022

Outcome

Declined Offer

Interview Source

Employee Referral

Length of Process

Less than 1 month

Application

Phone Interview

1 on 1 Interview

Interview

interview was easy and we talked about basic interview questions like resume, why sales, and why moodys.

Interview Questions

nothing with difficult. be sure to know what the position entails and why you are interested in sales

Sample Answer

Ratings and Research Support Intern Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in new york

Interviewed: February 2022

Date Submitted: Mar 29, 2022

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months

Application

Group Interview

Interview

Applied online, filled out the forms (like for most job interviews) then got emailed for a superday.

Interview Questions

What is a CLO?

Sample Answer

Financial analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York

Interviewed: January 2022

Date Submitted: Feb 02, 2022

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

Less than 1 month

Application

Phone Interview

Interview

was scheduled on an email, then 2 zoom interviews ..
technical questions
related to bs, is, cfs, how they are connected.
is it better to raise debt equity or cash

Interview Questions

how the 3 statements are related / connected.

Sample Answer

Associate Analyst Interview - Analytics

Anonymous interview candidate in New York

Interviewed: September 2018

Date Submitted: Sep 25, 2018

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Employee Referral

Length of Process

Less than 1 month

Application

Phone Interview

1 on 1 Interview

Skills Test

Interview

Interviewed with the Default & Ratings Analytics team. The position is about validating the performance of Moody's credit rating. First screening interview by outsourced recruiter, then by a team member, then onsite interview with 4 30-min interviews.

Was declined as I failed to answer the programming questions and I did not come from a programming background. I was also caught off-guard by statistics questions as I did not think the job was overly technical and therefore did not prepare extensively for it. One of the interviewer drilled me on unnecessary questions, such as asking for the valuation multiples of an industry I covered in an internship 2 years ago.

Overall, the interview felt impersonal but I still liked some of the interviewers nonetheless.

Interview Questions

1. Construct an NPV formula using 2 vectors and show me your thought process.

2. What is an appropriate IRR return range and valuation multiple of the software industry?

3. You realized a mistake in the presentation that your boss prepared and you were the only one about to give presentation to the client. Your boss is uncontactable. How would you approach this issue?

4. Detailed questions on my prior work experience and the company.

5. Why are you looking to switch after 6 months on the job?

Sample Answer

Moody's Associate Analyst 3 - Project Finance Interview - Utilities

Anonymous interview candidate in New York

Interviewed: January 2018

Date Submitted: Aug 05, 2018

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Employee Referral

Length of Process

1-2 months

Application

Phone Interview

1 on 1 Interview

Group Interview

Interview

1 phone interview before being asked back for in-person. The in-person interviews involved 1 1-on-1 interview, and 2 group interviews.

All of the interviews (including the phone interview) were not behavioral - most of the conversation was about project finance and utilities. They were definitely looking for someone with a lot of accounting background. Many accounting / financial statements questions. Know your statements in detail. Also many questions about the utility industry.

Interview Questions

1. Talk about what is going on in the utility industry along with infrastructure.

2. What are some non-cash items on the cash flow statement?

3. If you were to evaluate an airport for a rating, what items/categories would you look at?

4. What are some major components of an airport?

5. How would you evaluate local highways, or bridges for quality ratings?

6. Which methodology did you find most interesting and why?

7. Talk about the importance of the income statement and describe in detail.

Sample Answer

Associate Analyst III Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in New York

Interviewed: May 2018

Date Submitted: May 30, 2018

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months

Application

Phone Interview

Group Interview

Interview

Phone call/screen with a recruiter before another phone call with a hiring manager. She asked me about my back background and then we talked for 20 minutes about the firm. Very pleasant.

Super day was 2 separate interviews with 2 people each. Again very pleasant and mostly behavioral.

Interview Questions

If you were in a meeting with the CFO of a company and were the lead analyst, what questions would you ask?
I asked what industry (they said any industry but said you can use consumer product) then asked;
Revenue - What's the quality of the revenue? ie how likely are previous years clients staying with you?
Costs- How are margins? Operating leverage? What one time costs might affect your ability to pay back debt?
Debt- Whats your debt issuance going forward? How can you mitigate one time costs against your debt profile?

Sample Answer

Associate Analyst Interview - Debt Capital Markets

Anonymous interview candidate in Hong Kong

Interviewed: June 2018

Date Submitted: May 22, 2018

Outcome

Declined Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months

Application

Phone Interview

1 on 1 Interview

Presentation

Skills Test

Personality Test

Interview

3 rounds of interview - mix of technical, behavioural and cases. Including mandarin proficiency test

Interview Questions

Everything was fair game. Maybe writing and speaking technical terms in mandarin.

First round with HR, more on motivations and behavioural (eg teamwork, multiple deadlines etc)

Second round was a mix. But mainly focused on what I had done. Did a few pitches on the companies I covered and follow up questions ensued. Was sharing my view on some sectors too.

Third round was a case and follow up interview - Was given financials of company, main task was finding business drivers and credit issues. Writing management meeting questions in mandarin. Calculate amount of debt.

Sample Answer

Communications Interview

Anonymous employee in London

Interviewed: April 2015

Date Submitted: Feb 23, 2018

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months

Application

1 on 1 Interview

Interview

I was asked about my knowledge about the media landscape, how I engage with internal clients, knowledge of financial instruments.

Interview Questions

1. How much do you know about analytics. I was asked to give examples of covering financial markets and to explain how I would feel about covering different areas the company looks at. The questions were open-ended so I was able to answer them based on my experience and asked questions about the role.
2. How do you deal with internal clients. I was asked for examples of challenging situations so I explained that communicating is important.
3. What do you think we could do better. I gave some recommendations on their website.

Sample Answer