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
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Application
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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