Paylocity·Software Engineer

Paylocity Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

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United StatesPosted Aug 2017 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first step was a conversation with an internal recruiter where we went over my background in an informal way, and then they asked some basic technical questions.

When that went well, I moved into a technical interview that centered on building an app based on an open-ended set of requirements, with about a week to complete it and submit.

During the live portion, I presented the solution to a couple of developers over video. I expected more of a grilling, but it ended up being pretty conversational. A lot of the discussion focused on high-level design and leadership-style thinking—what parts of the stack were my strengths, how I approached architecture, and how I explained my decisions. I found myself walking through how I’d build the system,

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