I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Paycom
Interview
3 Interviews and 1 Assessment. My recruiter was very nice and good to work with.
First interview - super basic questions with a recruiter about web application security (XSS, hashing vs encryption, SQLi, OWASP Top 10). Just make sure you explain well, it's mainly "explain xyz" questions. They will send you an assessment after this.
Assessment - multiple choice basic questions about web application security (OWASP Top 10, SQLi, IDOR, XSS, reading PHP code). Some of these questions were tricky, but if you know what you're doing, then you should be fine.
Second Interview - interview with 2 team leads and it was ALL technical questions related to the basics of cybersecurity (CIA Triad, authentication, i dont remember the rest) and some application security questions like OWASP top 10, SQLi, XSS, encryption, hashing. Some of these were repeat questions from the first interview. They will probe deeper questions based on your response for clarification. They gave me example PHP code and I listed the vulnerabilities in that code (it's a super basic 10 line ish program, nothing complex)
Third Interview - interview with 2 new team leads, they give you scenario questions which you can't really study for, at least for me, it was all on the spot. Additionally, these questions are more open ended and basically they want your thought process. They also probe deeper questions from the answers you give for more clarification. It was mostly technical questions with 1 behavioral question. Doing TryHackMe and HackTheBox will help at this stage since they want your thought process.
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Paycom response
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Welcome to the Paycom team! We appreciate you taking the time to share your interview experience and are happy it was a positive and thorough process!
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Paycom in Oct 2024
Interview
Did a HackerRank Assessment, then a phone screen, technical interview, and then behavioral. Technical focused on OWASP top 10 concepts like hashing vs encryption, types of injection attacks, etc.
Behavioral was more just a conversation about personality, how you deal with teams, rather than anything about tech specifically
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a standard web login page, what are some things you could try and test to see if the page is vulnerable
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Paycom
Interview
Initial phone screen with HR, and then a technical assessment as well as multiple rounds of interviews with the team following the assessment. Straightforward and simple - technical assessment was mostly basic security questions as well as some appsec and code review questions.
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Paycom
Interview
1. Initial 10-minute interview with Recruiter
2. Hackerrank multiple choice exam
3. Second interview with team leads: OWASP Top 10 & TryHackMe examples
4. Third interview with managers: OWASP Top 10 & behavioral questions
Interview Process:
OWASP's Top 10 web application vulnerabilities and how they appear in real-world scenarios will be the bulk of the interview questions. I was also shown several examples of web app vulnerabilities. I was asked to identify which vulnerabilities were displayed and how to prevent and mitigate them.
Summary:
Overall, I had an amazing interview experience with both the Dallas/Grapevine and Oklahoma City teams at Paycom! My recruiter, Hannah, was especially amazing with communicating the next steps and assisting me with additional questions. I can honestly say that the entire team is rooting for you in each step of the interview process. The Paycom hiring team is a wonderful and knowledgeable group of people!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the difference between SQL Injection and XSS?
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