I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at SunTrust in Jul 2012
Interview
It was a 1-hour phone interview. Basically went over my resume, asked what type of statistical models that I have worked with before, and reasons I chose those models. How did I deal with conflicting ideas with advisors. How to communicate with a client when he/she is non-technical, but insisted on using a poor model.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to tell if a model is good to use for forecast.
quick, easy process, about three interviews if I remember correctly with the first one being virtual, the second being a phone interview and the final one being in the office with a super-day kind of format
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Don't remember the questions as it was several years ago
Using data on GDP of a country of your choice, produce the best ARIMA model that you can for that GDP, where best is defined in terms of forecast accuracy for a minimum of ten out-of-sample values. You should discuss each step of building your model and present the related results, as appropriate.
Applied online, talked to the hiring manager over phone with mostly technical questions and not much behavioral questions. Followed up with recruiter and said they would update in one to two weeks, never got any updates from them.