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Everything was good at the beginning. The recruiter was polite, and interviewers were quite nice. After I had finished the take-home project, the recruiter asked me to provide available times for the next interview. I sent a list of my available times for the following week. Afterwards, the recruiter never got back to me. Two weeks later, I received an email saying that they had decided to proceed with another candidate.

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  • The initial tech screen includes the introduction to the projects on your resume, and a system design problem. For me, the take-home project is to finish a REST API. You need to select the solution for storing the data, apply design patterns to implement the business logic (if needed), make existing unit tests pass (TDD).
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The interview was hybrid. Done at first through phone and video, then onsite. Really great interaction and it was very casual. The conversation was focused on it being a fit in both directions. They seemed to have great culture and they seemed to just want to get to know you.

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Anonymous Interview Candidate

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Easy Interview
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I applied online. I interviewed at Paylocity

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I bailed out after the process after a video screen with senior leadership. Seemed like an overly serious person w/ very lightweight background despite their senior title. Did not have any etiquette (I will skip the details). Did not bother to learn my name or address me by it. No pleasantries - dived right in.

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  • Leadership questions. Behavioral. Team structure. Execution.
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Anonymous Interview Candidate

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I applied online. I interviewed at Paylocity

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I applied online and was sent a link from a recruiter to schedule an interview. The initial interview was supposed to be a phone interview, but the recruiter never called. I waited 25-30 mins before emailing the recruiter to see if everything was okay or if the interview needed to be rescheduled. Never heard back. Very unprofessional. My time is valuable as well.

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Positive Experience
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I interviewed at Paylocity

Interview

Extremely fast, efficient process. First round was a call with the recruiter. Next, I had to take a technical assessment. After that, I had the final round interview which included another technical interview along with a behavioral interview.

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  • Technical questions were OOP related, and behavioral were based on STAR principles.
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Paylocity in Oct 2023

Interview

Initial meeting with Recruiter was very positive. He talked about the company's culture, and it sounded like a great place. An interview was scheduled with the hiring manager for the position which didn't go so well. When the video call started, he seemed bothered that he had to interrupt his day for the interview. He had to pause and step away to handle issues in the background and was overall very impersonal. I tried to remain enthusiastic and positive, but he made it a challenge.

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  • Design a complex, multi-part architecture where some highly detailed requirements as well as requirement gaps were presented around uploading and processing data in a file.
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Paylocity in Oct 2023

Interview

Smooth and relaxed, everything was fast and well done. They were respectful and very clear in each step of the process. I was just not the best fit for the role.

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Anonymous Interview Candidate

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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Paylocity

Interview

Got to the final round and solved a case study. Could not ace the interview. First phone interview, then one video interview and then one final interview. In the final interview, asked more scenarios about case study.

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First round was ok, just the average interview. But in the second round they really ramped up the intensity. The questions themselves were normal but the manager had a cut throat demeanor. Seemed like a overly intense environment for internal IT.

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I applied online. I interviewed at Paylocity in Sep 2023

Interview

A joke. I’m starting to think they just post the job but then don’t hire anyone. I applied Sept 23’ and had all the requirements they listed in the job posting. Yet the recruiter said because of my experience she knows they’re going to want me to start as a Growth Market AE, with significantly lesser pay. Again, I had all qualifications they were looking for for the HCM role. Then she gets back to me a few days later just to say they’ve decided not to move forward at all? I’ve seen them post these exact same jobs at least 3-4 times since I’ve applied and out of all the candidates, you haven’t found anyone?? Very bad taste in my mouth about this company.

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Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Paylocity as 63% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.81 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for .NET Software Developer and Marketing rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Audit Director and SQL Server Database Administrator roles were rated as the easiest.

The hiring process at Paylocity takes an average of 19.02 days when considering 460 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Finance Manager roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 120 days).

Common stages of the interview process at Paylocity according to 460 Glassdoor interviews include:

Phone Interview: 27.97%

One on One Interview: 16.18%

Group Panel Interview: 12.03%

Background Check: 9.16%

Presentation: 8.61%

Drug Test: 6.61%

Skills Test: 6.14%

IQ Intelligence Test: 5.90%

Personality Test: 5.82%

Other: 1.59%

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Based on your experience, what preceded the job offer email: have you received that relatively fast, or you’ve been waiting in silence? For how long?

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Had an interview today and at the end recruiter asked if I was interviewing with another company I was honest and said yes I currently have an offer already with another company. Should I have said that? Worried it may hurt my chances with the interview process going forward.

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