Paycom Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
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and how the experience turned out.
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First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Paycom.
Paycom
Software Engineer Intern
Intern Easy Positive experience Accept offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Recruiter call Phone screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral
It was a super relaxed interview process with 3 main rounds plus an initial HR call. The first round involved a HackerRank assessment. Then there were two more rounds. The first of these was a mix of technical and behavioral questions. They asked a LeetCode problem (easy-medium) involving strings and arrays, and also some basic behavioral questions. A big focus was on OOP concepts like abstract classes, interfaces, their fundamentals, and general coding/thought processes. The second round was entirely behavioral, where they wanted to learn more about my resume, projects, my coding journey, and generally get to know me as a person and how I work and present myself.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Could you share some challenges you've faced and how you navigated them?
- What is it about coding that you enjoy?
- What type of application are you interested in developing?
Paycom
Software Developer
Entry Average Negative experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Coding
The recruiter was super nice and kept me in the loop the whole time. I'd prepped for my technical interview with Person A, but something came up last minute and I couldn't make it, so I ended up interviewing with Person B instead. That's where things went south for me. I'd heard Person A was really laid-back and didn't sweat the 30-minute time limit too much. But Person B? Not so much. She was a total stickler. She kept cutting me off mid-answer, rushing me through my STAR method responses because of 'time constraints.' And during the technical part, she questioned every single line of code and, you guessed it, interrupted my explanations.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Tell me about a time you faced team conflict and how you resolved it.
Paycom
Software Developer
Mid Average Neutral experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral
The process was pretty good and professional. It involved 2 technical questions that tested problem-solving, coding, and how I'd handle real-world situations. The recruiters were good at keeping me in the loop. The difficulty felt moderate, with a mix of conceptual and practical questions. It was a positive experience overall, and I liked getting a chance to show what I can do.
Confirmed questions1 question
- What's the difference between an Abstract class and an Interface?
Paycom Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Paycom interview reports.
“Write a function that takes a string and removes the character that appears most frequently, then returns the modified string.”
Read reports →“For a given string, how would you count the number of unique pairs of identical characters?”
Read reports →“Write a program to find the most frequent word in a given list of words. If there's a tie for the most frequent word, list them alphabetically.”
Read reports →“Write code to check if a group of words are anagrams of the first word in a list.”
Read reports →“What is the difference between a foreign key and a primary key in SQL?”
Read report →“Can you return the item with the highest frequency from an array of items? If there's a tie, return it based on the highest alphabet value.”
Read report →“How many duplicate items are there, given a table with items that have name, weight, and price attributes?”
Read report →“For a given unordered set of items, how would you find the item that appears most frequently, ensuring that if there's a tie, the item that comes first alphabetically is chosen?”
Read report →“What's the difference between using a left join and an inner join in SQL?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
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