Payroc Interview Questions
& Process

So the interview process began with Kerry from the HR team, and we talked for about an hour. She mostly asked me scenario-based questions and questions about my past experience. Talking to her got me really excited about the job and the company. After that, I interviewed with the manager, which was pretty similar. The last step was with Angela, who's the Head of HR. That interview was tougher, but I still left feeling interested in the role and the idea of working with the HR team.

It was a very one-sided interview process. The first interview involved a lot of OOP questions, but there wasn't any time left for me to ask questions. They didn't put much effort into getting to know me, and they never explained anything about the company or the role. The whole interview process felt impersonal, with communication only through generic email addresses and no actual person involved. After the first interview, I was given a take-home test to build a Layer 4 Load Balancer. The instructions were only about three sentences long, extremely vague, and I only had 72 hours to complete it. There were no acceptance criteria or specifications provided. After spending a significant amount of time developing my very first Layer 4 Load Balancer, the second interview required me to spend 70 minutes explaining my solution; it didn't seem like they even bothered to read my code. The interviewers didn't even appear knowledgeable about the language the role required (C#), and I had to explain certain language features I used in my solution, which shouldn't have been necessary. And after the audacity of not even reading my code and solely relying on my 70-minute explanation (unlike every other take-home test I've done where they actually read my code beforehand): I still had very little time for my own questions, no explanation of the company or the role, and they had the nerve to reject me afterward without any feedback. When I followed up for feedback, I was told my solution lacked unit tests, even though I was never asked to include any and only had 72 hours to complete the task, so why would I add unit tests??? Absolutely ridiculous. They showed no concern for my time at all. And yet, I still see them hiring for many roles. Please don't waste your time with this company; they're looking for unicorns.

I applied for the role via a recruitment agency, and the whole interview process took about three weeks. Everyone I spoke with was really nice. It started with a call from the recruiter, followed by interviews with the PayRock team, specifically the QA Manager and an Automation Engineer. After that, I was given an assignment focused on API payment scenarios, which I had to present. The final round involved presenting this assignment to a larger group, including VPS. I felt I did well in all the interviews, but unfortunately, I didn't get the job. I actually enjoyed the overall process, though there was one thing I didn't appreciate. I asked for feedback on why I was rejected, but I never heard back, which was disappointing considering they claim transparency as a core value. I hope they improve on providing feedback in the future.

The interview process has two parts. The first part is an hour long and covers your CV and some technical questions about APIs. The second interview is called a Technical Audition and lasts 1.5 hours. You get a short URL problem and have 15 minutes to create architecture diagrams. You have to present them and answer questions. The first interview was well organized, friendly, and open. The second interview was disorganized, the questions were weird and not related to the designs, and they were eating on the call, which wasn't professional. I didn't get a good feeling about it.