I was contacted by a very nice Paylocity recruiter named Nick who was very professional throughout the entire interview process. We had a pleasant conversation about my qualifications for the job and a little about the role itself. He also asked a few basic questions about my work ethic and salary expectations as this is an "entry level" role, which I honestly didn't believe, but I will get more into that later on. The same day I was provided with a Wonderlic test that consisted of a Data Entry test and Excel exam. If you're not an expert within Excel, google some excel tips while taking the test, it will help, but not necessarily ensure you obtain the position. The data entry test was simple, as long as you can type, you will do fine! A day later ,I received a call back from the recruiter who let me know the hiring manager would like to schedule an interview for the next week. Now we get to the "fun part". The day of the interview I was greeted by the manager and team lead who seemed nice at first and the interview started out great. However, for the next 45 minutes to an hour, they proceeded to grind me with question after question using a 4 page list of questions as if I was being interrogated by the FBI or applying for a manager role that required quick extensive detailed answers. I immediately began to feel uncomfortable during the interview, as I never experienced such a harsh interview style approach. I've been in plenty of behavioral style interviews in my life and received job offers with this approach, however, this one by far was the most intense and left a lot to be desired when it comes to their way of weeding out their "talent." It turned from conversational style to interrogation style like 0 to 100. Anyway, I continued to answer their questions to the best of my ability, however, their body language and facial expressions said it all that I was not the "talent" they were looking for based on my answers. Therefore, I already knew how the end result will be as they gave me the typical, we have other candidates and will be in contact soon. Which leads to the best part! Well, well, well, to no surprise, I was called the very next day by the recruiter who let me know the "bad news," but actually it was great news! I did not get the "entry level" position as they felt my answers were not adequate enough for their interrogated style approach. I was actually very happy that he called with the news he did as I was able to quickly realize within 10 minutes this position was not for me, especially if they only offer $14.00/hr for a so called "entry level position." I didn't even bother to provide my feedback because I already know/ would have declined the offer if provided because if the interview was that bad, I couldn't imagine how the actual job would be. Even though my interview experience was not great, I have to commend the company on their recruitment talent as Nick was great to work with and the company response time was very impressive as well! He truly adds value to the company as a whole and I'm sure, with his help, they will find the talent they are looking for!