I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Paychex in Jan 2013
Interview
Initially contacted by a recruiter who was very personable and pleasant to talk to. After the standard screening call, I was set up for a phone interview with the hiring manager. Upon the conclusion of this call, she stated that I had made a good impression with her and instructed to take a 90 minute skills and personality assessment. Then I was contacted by the recruiter a few days later to inform me that the results of the assessment were favorable and they wished to bring me in for an in person interview with the Hiring Manager and her counterpart. This is were it all went South in short order.
I drove an hour to their office and was basically asked the same questions by the hiring manager's counterpart that I had been asked on the phone interview with the hiring manager. The "point" of this inane, thoughtless exercise, was simply to get another opinion. The hiring manager has been with the organization for 18 years and needed another eye to make a hiring decision? If these managers can't make their own hiring decisions, I'm not sure what, if any decisions they actually do make within the organization. to make their own decisions or she The hiring manager sat there, hardly uttering a word as I was asked to walk him through my resume - the 3rd time I had to do this and he shared with me some of the results from my assessment. Midway through the interview, I knew that working under either of them would not be an appealing prospect, but I tried to be courteous and professional while letting the process play out, although I was annoyed that they made me drive out there only to rehash what had previously been discussed. The worst of it is that after assuring me that I would receive some sort of feedback within a week regarding their decision, I never heard a word from them or the recruiter. Needless to say, I was dismayed by the complete lack of professionalism these individuals exemplified in their recruitment process.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Paychex (Rocky Hill, CT) in Jan 2011
Interview
This was a fairly elaborate and dramatic interview process. Started with a recruiter who refused to specify the company, but promised it was an idea position for me, with a huge pay increase.
I continued to communicate back and forth with her, providing my resume and completing a personality test before finally getting moved on to the Regional manager.
Regional manager promised I was 1 of 2 candidates and strung me along through a series of lengthy interviews and then never followed up to schedule my field ride. Giant waste of time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If I died, and you had to take over my job managing you what would you do.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Paychex (Mendota Heights, MN) in Jan 2013
Interview
The interview starts with a timed math test. The test questions are ticky weird questions like:
Two men went fishing and caught 50 fish. Man one caught twice as many as man two. How many fish did man two catch? -- Odd questions like that.
Next you sit in an interview with probably two people and they only ask sales questions. The questions are like 'what would your manager say are your 3 best sales qualities' or what makes you a strong salesperson. I found the interview to be very impersonal and the interviewers were very dry and uninteresting. The job description they gave me was that I'd be making 100 cold calls per day to local businesses to offer them payroll. From those calls they ask that I have at least 50 presentations. Of those 50, 10 of them need to be closing presentations, of those 10, 2 of them need to buy the product.
If you get past the first interview, you should expect to have at least two more and a ride along with one of the sales reps to see if you'd be interested in what they do.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Since you have no business to business experience, why would we want to hire you?
My initial thought was: you wouldn't.
At that point I knew this job was NOT for me