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Workday Software Engineer interview experience

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IrelandPosted Jul 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a fairly standard set of four rounds: a coding round, a code review round, a technical interview focused mainly on design patterns, and then a hiring manager conversation.

After that, there were additional more general chats that sounded like HR/administrative-style discussions.

Overall, the process felt like it ran smoothly enough, but the questions themselves felt oddly random to me. The design-patterns portion was the most coherent technical thread, and the rest of the journey didn’t feel like it was building toward anything in a predictable way. I left with the sense that I understood what they were testing, but I couldn’t tell what would come next each time, which made the experience harder to mentally “settle into.”

I didn’t receive an offer, and my

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