The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Paychex (Denver, CO) in May 2009
Interview
Paychex seems to provide a standard interview process. I had one phone interview that led to an in-person interview with a Human Resources person. On the phone interview, the person was outgoing and friendly. Unfortunately my experience in person was not the same. The person seemed distant, a little cold and business a usual.
The in-person interview started immediately with a math test to test your basic math skills. My test consisted mostly of word problems. After the test, I spoke with the HR person. The interview discussion consisted of just asking me to talk about my work history. I found this annoying because I was asked to submit my work history in four different formats. It did not seem like the HR person read any of them and just asked me to verbally regurgitate my job history. After going through my resume for about an hour, the interview was over and I was told I'd get feedback in a few days. They delivered as promised.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would your previous supervisor's say about you?
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
