The first few parts of it are fine, Meet with the hiring manager then the sales vp. The final step is where is gets completely illegal & unethical. They have you cold call actual prospects, you tell them you work for Paycom (obviously, you don't yet), and have to book them 3 meetings in order to even be able to get an offer. They are not accounts that will be yours and by no means does booking 3 meetings mean you get the job. Nor will you be compensated for them or the time worked. Upon looking into the legality of this and speaking with others. Here is a reference: "It is illegal for a company to require you to do actual cold calls to their prospects during an interview without paying you for that work. Under U.S. federal labor law, if a potential employee performs work that benefits the company, they must be compensated. The law regarding unpaid work The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires companies to pay at least the minimum wage to anyone who performs productive work for the business. " The hiring manager called me several minutes after I walked out and asked what happened. I told him about how I feel regarding this and his response was "We've been doing it like this for 20 years, and I don't know what you mean by unethical". To add, the rep I was doing it with told me "If you have to offer them a $1000 gift in order for them to meet with us, I don't care, just do it". By the way, the hiring manager had another candidate come in while I was supposed to be doing these calls, which feels somewhat disrespectful. I will certainly be reporting this to the Better Business Bureau, as this is nothing but disgusting. As a young man I understand why people will take the job, the compensation is great, but this is something I simply cannot get behind and companies like them are the reason people don't trust vendors in many markets.