I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Paylocity (Portland, OR) in Dec 2018
Interview
I applied on December 2018 and the whole process took about 3 weeks.
The process was very engaging and professional. I had an initial phone conversation with a technical recruiter. We spoke for about an hour and she asked me a few technical questions, but the main topics where related to my work experience.
After the phone screen interview, I was invited to a video conference interview with 2 developers. I had to submit a complete web project. The technical interview took place almost 3 weeks after the first interview. It took about an hour and half and the we more than an interview it was like a code review where I had to explain my code. At the end of the code review they asked me some tough but fair general software development questions.
A few hours after this second interview I got a phone call from the recruiter telling me that the initial feedback from the developers was positive and she asked me if I was open to a phone interview with the Director of Software Development.
This last interview was about 3 days after the technical interview, and it lasted about one hours. During this interview I was explained in detail about the history of the company and its culture. I also had the opportunity to ask all the questions that I could possibly have.
A couple of days later I received an email with a job offer that I happily accepted.
I have interview with other companies before and the whole interview with Paylocity was amazing. It could not have been any better.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Be prepared to explain your code in detail and why did you choose the technologies that you used to complete the coding challenge.
Relatively easy and conversational “Walk me through your background.”
“Why are you interested in this role?”
“What’s your experience with project coordination or SDLC?
They evaluate:
How you think
How you communicate
How you handle ambiguity
Whether you fit their team’s workflow
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Paylocity (Bengaluru) in Feb 2026
Interview
First round was a Hiring Manager round in which he asked about tech stack, and more about the way of working. Nothing technical, just process related questions. I felt like he was more interested in tools and technologies used.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Paylocity in Aug 2025
Interview
The first round was a Recruiter screen, Second was an at-home technical challenge, which had 30 minutes to complete 20 questions (mostly multiple choice) about C# language-specific syntax. Very strange technical test. Definitely more suited to those who may have just completed a bootcamp or recently read a textbook.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Only one coding question. Find the max value in an array. lmfao.