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Updated Nov 30, 2023
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Anonymous Employee in Oklahoma City, OK
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Paycom (Oklahoma City, OK) in Sep 2023
The interview process was very straight forward. My recruiter told me exactly what to expect. The interviewers were professional and fun. Most of the questions were about work place scenarios. They also provided me with a lot of details about the position. My recruiter called me the next day with an offer.
- Describe a time when you had to complete a difficult task.

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Grapevine, TX
I interviewed at Paycom (Grapevine, TX)
It consists of 4 rounds including 1 technical assessment which has some MCQs and coding questions on Hackerrank, 1 HR round of 30 minutes, and 2 rounds of technical interviews each of 1 hour with team members.
- I got questions related to Java as my resume had experience related to Java
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Anonymous Employee in Fort Worth, TX
I interviewed at Paycom (Fort Worth, TX)
This was one of my first interviews, so at the time did not realize how non-compliant the process is. There was good communication, but no structure in interview questions. I wasn't given a lot of feedback. They wanted to know about my family and told me I look too nice.
- Why would you even want this job? You'll cry in your manager's office

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Portland, OR
I interviewed at Paycom (Portland, OR)
First was a Phone screening with recruiter, then In person interview with Sales manager, then In Person presentation with sales team and working interview doing cold calls for a half day, finally a video interview with regional manager.
- What is the most recent book you read?

Anonymous Employee in Oklahoma City, OK
I interviewed at Paycom (Oklahoma City, OK)
The interview was a open space to ask questions. No unnecessary questions. It was a lengthy process but worth the experience received. No one interviewing me showed any form of discomfort . The interviewers were interested genuinely in my job experience and skills gained.
- Why do you want to work here?

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Paycom
Trying to keep this as unbiased as possible, the recruiter was amazing and helped every step of the process. The hiring managers were great and seemed to care. The problem that I have with the interview was it took so much time to prep and do each interview. There are 4 rounds and two of them are in person (with the last being 4 HOURS). I felt that even though the position is strict and hard, the interview process was very tedious and long. My least favorite part was the final round where there was a lack of communication between the recruiter and the hiring manager. I felt like I was thrown into the fire and asked unreasonable tasks such as cold call for 3 hours and book 3 meetings for the team. I believe this was unfair as I had no direction from the team and even my hiring manager said "oops we should have told you this and that ahead of time." Well I was already an hour and a half into calling and I was FINALLY given advice. The process felt like another job in it of itself and was an overall waste of time. I recommend everyone reading this, do themself a favor and beware of the process before wasting your time and energy,
- How will current experience translate over

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Paycom
Overall process consists of OA - Technical - Phone screen - Final behavioral. After taking an Online Assessment, got an Technical Interview. The interview was online and 30 min long. Asked about OOP, SQL, basic project experiences. Then solved easy coding question around 10 min and explained about the code. And had 5 min of Q&A to interviewer.
- OOP, SQL, basic project expriences, and general technical questions.

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Grapevine, TX
I interviewed at Paycom (Grapevine, TX)
Phone call interview Hacker Rank 2 technical interview but got rejected in 2nd technical interview Chase Harmon did really great job by giving me the best assistance by making the interviews smoother
- Owasp top 10 vulnerabilities Few questions about application security

Anonymous Employee in New York, NY
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Paycom (New York, NY) in Nov 2023
Initial phone interview, 2nd round interview, 3rd round interview. The final offer was 2 days later. The interview process was very nice, the HR reps helped with preparation a lot. Interviews where set up more as conversations than Q&A
- Why sales and what makes you passionate about them.

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Grapevine, TX
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Paycom (Grapevine, TX)
Step 1. Online Assessment (20 MC Questions) Step 2. Technical Interview with Resume Review (30 minute session of some OOP concepts + a leetcode easy question + resume review) I received the link to the OA about a week after I submitted my application. Then three weeks later, the technical interview.
- 20 Question OA + Easy Leetcode

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Indianapolis, IN
I applied online. I interviewed at Paycom (Indianapolis, IN) in Nov 2023
The phone screen itself was easy and informative. It was a 45 minute video call, and I learned about the position and more about Paycom's mission. I was told I would be moving on to the next round for interviewing and advised I would receive a call the next day to schedule with the hiring manager. I did receive a call when expected, however the recruiter told me an offer was extended to another candidate, and no further interviews would be conducted. While I appreciate the phone call for the update, I was disappointed to have been told that I am no longer in consideration after being advised I am going through to the next round with the hiring manager.
- Tell me about a time where you had to overcome a challenge.
Paycom Interviews FAQs
Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Paycom as 60.8% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.91 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Human Resources Generalist and Human Capital Consultant rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Associate Product Designer and Corporate Security roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Paycom takes an average of 18.13 days when considering 1,648 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Outbound Sales Representative had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas New Client Implementation Specialist roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
Common stages of the interview process at Paycom according to 1,648 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone Interview: 22.90%
One on One Interview: 17.32%
Drug Test: 13.07%
Skills Test: 11.64%
Background Check: 9.68%
Group Panel Interview: 8.02%
Presentation: 6.84%
IQ Intelligence Test: 4.43%
Personality Test: 3.98%
Other: 2.13%
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