I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Paychex (Saint Louis, MO) in Sept 2010
Interview
I received an e-mail to set up a phone interview and called to schedule it. It was a typical phone interview asking about my education back ground and my work history. One of my jobs I left because the owner and I did not see eye to eye. She kept asking me to clarify as if she didn't believe me. I didn't want to sound like I was a disobedient type of employee, but at the same time wanted her to understand that I do have a brain of my own and will have an opinion. I'm not sure if that is what she wanted to hear. Overall it was a typical phone interview, she wasn't as pleasant as others though. I did not receive an invitation for an in person interview, which is fine. After thinking about it more, I feel like Paychex is for a sales person earlier in their career instead of a mid career sales person.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Tell me about your education background from high school through college.
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