Workday Engineering Manager interview experience

After that came a technical behavioral style discussion, then another managerial behavioral interview, and then I hit a system design round.

The system design interview really caught me off guard. For a senior role, I felt like it didn’t go deep into foundational concepts I associate with that level—like basic async publish/subscribe patterns—and the whole thing felt underwhelming. After that, I decided to remove myself from the process rather than continue.

I didn’t proceed to any final stages. Even though I’d made it far enough to reach system design, what ultimately drove the decision