Workday Senior Software Engineer interview questions

Applied directly online, received a HR email inviting me to a screening call the next day. The screening call was relatively pleasant, establishing experience and expectations. They talked about the teams at a high level, asked about expected salary, explained benefits, and took questions. The next step was a video/Zoom call with a tech lead. He was very friendly and it was mostly an informal chat about experience and the team, and he finished with some behavioural and high level tech questions. He explained the next step was an online tech test, and following that an on-site interview where they would discuss the tech test solution, have an interview with the hiring manager, and lunch with the team. The tech test was through HackerRank, and tested JavaScript, CSS and HTML (as this was a front-end position). You are provided with a template project that renders a simple HTML components like input boxes, and you then implement some of missing functionality of these components. There was an additional 'optional extra' question about rendering a simple HTML chart. You have option of editing the files directly through HackerRank or cloning and pushing directly to a Git repo through a provided link. I submitted the test and was informed a few days later by HR that the additional extra question 'did not work' and they wouldn't be proceeding with the application. I tested extensively on my local Chrome, but did run into weird WebSocket and JavaScript errors appearing through the HackerRank console when I tried to preview my submission through there. I'm not sure if this factored into the failure or not. Overall it was a pleasant experience. Everyone came as very friendly and personable, and the general consensus of Glassdoor over Workday preferring 'soft' interview questions over 'hard' technical tests seems to be true for any preparing to interview here.

An video call screening interview, an online test and a series of on site interviews with engineers and managers. The technical questions were easy and not particularly probing. The manager kept asking about whether I was interested in management, which was not the role I applied for. Afterwards, no feedback was given by the company which is a red flag. My impression is that they have a very strict idea about what roles certain people should do, and that anyone over 30 should be aiming for management.