Paylocity·Software Engineer

Paylocity Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

PraguePosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with a recruiter video screen where we talked through the role and logistics, and then I got an email with technical questions I was expected to answer on my own.

A short time after that, I moved into a longer technical interview with two interviewers focused on API design and system design. It was structured like a deep dive, and it was awkward that I only had about five minutes to ask questions at the end.

The process then shifted into a C# coding round with the same two-interviewer setup, again about an hour and a half, and again with only a small window for my questions. The hardest part wasn’t the coding itself so much as the lack of transparency: I wasn’t clearly told that C# and .NET were essential until just a few hours before the coding

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