Sales Representative applicants have rated the interview process at Paychex with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 49% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Representative roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 151 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Paychex overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Paychex as a Sales Representative according to 151 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 22%
One on one interview: 19%
Skills test: 13%
Background check: 10%
Personality test: 10%
Drug test: 9%
Group panel interview: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Presentation: 4%
Other: 1%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Paychex (Fair Lawn, NJ) in Oct 2014
Interview
Fairly long interview process. Phone interview with their internal recruiter, aptitude test, 2 in-person interviews with managing team. Although this process was lengthy, it made sense as they are trusting you to represent the company in the territory on your own. Very friendly environment but asked tough questions to test your responsiveness, quick thinking, question answering skills, and overall demeanor in a stressful situation. Long process but moved quickly to each stage. Overall great company to work for
3 different interviews with 3 different managers. Followed that with a job shadow to allow me to see a day in the field. Then an offer was made and I moved to the location I interviewed for
I applied through other source. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Paychex
Interview
Had an HR screening, then I had an interview with 2 Managers which went great, and a final round interview with the Senior District Sales Manager. I emailed the Senior Manager to schedule time for the final round but he liked to act like he was all busy and important, after about an hour of no response I sent him another email asking if he had a time in mind and responded within a minute. The Senior Manager had this inflated sense of worth that apparently he's too high up there to bother responding within an hour to an initial email if it's not convenient for him. Following the final interview, I received the standard rejection email and asked for feedback from the Senior Manager on what I could've done better. Never received a response; like I said before, his inflated sense of worth makes him think it's ok to not answer a basic request.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk me through your sales process at where you currently work
Focused on sales experience and willingness to aggressively encourage leads to sign up for their software. Questions about qualifying leads or questions about how their product was different were not well received