Workday·Software Engineer

Workday Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

Costa RicaPosted May 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a few virtual interviews that didn’t match how the role was presented to me.

Even though it was framed as technical, the questions I got felt like they were centered on sales-style communication—how I came across, how enthusiastic I sounded, and how well I could promote what they were building.

There wasn’t a real technical assessment or coding challenge, and that mismatch became the biggest surprise. I also noticed a practical policy element they emphasized: a strict return-to-office requirement of three days per week, which felt out of place for what I understood the developer work to be.

My difficulty rating was average, but the experience felt like I wasn’t

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