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Workday Data Analyst Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a Workday Data Analyst interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated daily.

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 5 questions + 1 drill · ~55 min
Top Products Per Region QueryMedium
Practice

Use CTEs, joins, aggregation, and RANK to find tied top-three products by region for the last quarter.

Window FunctionsRankingAggregationsWorkday
Compare User Retention by CohortHard
Practice

Use CTEs, joins, and month-based aggregation to calculate cohort retention over time from signup and activity data.

Window FunctionsDate FunctionsCTEsWorkday
Explain Full Outer vs Left JoinMedium

Explain how FULL OUTER JOIN and LEFT JOIN differ when reconciling customer records across systems.

JoinsData WranglingCase WhenWorkday
Querying Data via APIEasy
Practice
Practice drill

Retrieve active dataset records matching valid API requests using PostgreSQL joins and filtering.

Joinsapidatabase queryingWorkday
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Metrics4 questions · ~36 min
Extract Metrics From DatasetMedium

Evaluates your ability to define useful metrics and insights from raw data.

Metricsdata extractionWorkday
Root Cause Declining EngagementMedium

Tests structured debugging of metrics, data validation, and impact-focused investigation.

root causeDiagnosisEngagement MetricsWorkday
Compute WAU and MoM GrowthMedium

Tests SQL for cohorting by time windows and calculating growth metrics correctly.

Cohort AnalysisWorkday
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Behavioral & Leadership12 questions · ~109 min
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More topics2 questions · ~18 min
Model Employee Lifecycle EventsHard

Tests data modeling for event tracking, relationships, and analytics readiness at enterprise scale.

fact tablesdimensionsData ModelingWorkday
Spike Validation: Data vs TrendMedium

Tests incident-style metric validation and separating pipeline issues from real changes.

Data QualitymonitoringvalidationWorkday
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