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 online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Paychex in Mar 2020
Interview
The interview process was super quick! Took about two weeks.
Applied online and got a text within 24 hours that a recruiter wanted to set up an appointment to interview screen me. Very down to earth experience. None of that "tell me about a time when nonsense". They want to know your experience and if that experience lines up with what they're looking for...period!
Got forwarded to the hiring manager. That interview was very pleasant. Very conversational...giving you a good sense of what the job is, what limitations you may have in doing the job, emphasis on who they are looking for, plenty of opportunities to ask as many questions as you want.
Then, I was forwarded to the District Manager. Similar experience but really targeted on the job responsibilities and walking them through my experience and explaining how my experience matches up and what I can bring to the team. Also, the focus is not just on tasks but your track history in getting RESULTS and being able to generate leads and convert them to buyers.
Final step was a role play. If you know how to sell, you'll be fine...ie demonstrating that you know to ask targeted discovery questions, uncover needs and tying your product in as a solution, asking for the sale and closing. They give you a fair amount of materials to use, but it definitely helps if you go above and beyond that. You just have to prepare by learning what you can about the product(s) and their features, how your targeted client benefits from these features and know something about the company and again, ask for the sale.
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