Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Paychex with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 43% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 23 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 Software Engineer according to 23 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 23%
Group panel interview: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
Skills test: 13%
Background check: 7%
Presentation: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Drug test: 6%
Personality test: 3%
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Paychex in Nov 2021
Interview
The first step was a phone screen with a recruiter. They ask a little about your experience with Java and SQL (they appeared to not know the difference between SQL and PLSQL). Whether or not you’ve worked with packages and procedures, why you’re looking to leave your current company, etc. This took less than 10 minutes. I actually had interviews with 2 different teams in the company so I’ll describe them both.
For the first team, the interview was mostly behavioral. They want to know how you fit into your current position and how you’ll fit into theirs. They also mention some languages/frameworks and ask you to rate your knowledge of them out of 10. Some questions about packages and procedures and what kinds of them there are. They had me look through a Java code snippet and asked me how I would improve it. I said that I would add documentation/comments, split up multiple method calls into multiple lines, etc. I got the sense that they wanted me to say something more but I couldn’t think of anything else. They mentioned the possibility of a second interview. I had to follow up with them a couple weeks later to find out I got rejected. Keep in mind that they don’t always update the online application status.
For the second team, they wanted to know specifics about my current position. How code reviews are done, what happens if a code review is rejected, how code makes its way to production, what happens if there’s a bug in production, how you use the SDLC in your work, etc. They also ask some details about your resume. They ask about the different types of REST calls and what they’re used for. They asked my opinion on test-driven development and what I know about design patterns (which wasn’t much).
Then there were some technical assessments. The first one was to look at a Java code snippet and point out what was wrong with it. They were mostly simple issues that would be caught by a compiler. Also remember that Java doesn’t support multiple inheritance. The second was to write a SQL statement after being given a few tables. If you can do “select columnName from tableName where columnName in (select etc.);” then you’re probably ok. They might ask about joins and about the distinct keyword. The third assessment was to look at some somewhat unorganized Java code and say what it would print out with different inputs. I think I got all the questions right but I wasn’t too quick about it. This team sent me a rejection within a week.
30 min recruiter call basic experience related questions
1 hour technical take home coding challenge review of the coding exercise and more technical basic questions
1 hour with manager behaviour questions and technical questions
DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THIS COMPANY !!! What a terrible interview process, was reached out by HR person on Linkden to interview. I said sure why not. She set me up with an interview with the hiring manager, it was totally unprofessional.
Mid way in the interview he said that he misread my resume and no longer wanted to continue the interview. Highly unethical and unprofessional interviewer. Honestly I have had better experiences when apply for waiter/sales jobs at random companies when I was a student.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Paychex
Interview
Discussion with development team member, technical lead, and manager. Brief problem solving test as well as questions about recent experience, general development knowledge and approach to creating a solution. Interview was approximately 2 hours in duration. Experience was several years ago.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you approach software development if requirements are not clear?