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Workday Software Engineer Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a Workday Software Engineer interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated weekly.

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System DesignStart here. 18 questions · ~145 min
Design a Personalized Product RecommenderHard
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Design an end-to-end product recommendation system for a large e-commerce marketplace with strict latency and freshness needs.

Feature StoreFeature DriftModel ServingWorkday
Design a RAG PipelineHard
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Tests your end-to-end RAG design skills, including retrieval, ranking, and integration into an AI workflow.

RetrievalFeature DriftModel ServingWorkday
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Execution4 questions · ~32 min
Improve CI/CD Pipeline ReliabilityMedium
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Explain how you would improve a CI/CD pipeline by defining success, reducing release risk, and planning safe rollback paths.

Trade-offsSuccess CriteriaRisk AssessmentWorkday
API Security for MicroservicesHard
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Tests your ability to design secure authentication and authorization patterns for distributed services.

Cloud Security RisksSecuritymicroservicesWorkday
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Coding18 questions · ~145 min
Parse Structured Resume DataMedium
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Tests your ability to build robust parsing logic and convert unstructured inputs into structured outputs.

json parsingStringsData StructuresWorkday
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Behavioral & Leadership5 questions · ~40 min
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More topics5 questions · ~40 min
Docker Usage and PurposeMedium

Tests understanding of containerization and when it applies in real systems.

dockercontainerizationWorkday
API Data Extraction and Gap AnalysisMedium

Evaluates practical data handling and reasoning about experience gaps from structured inputs.

Data AnalysisapiWorkday
Designing an AI Data PipelineHard

Evaluates your ability to architect and operate data pipelines for AI workloads.

data pipelinedesignWorkday
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Hands-on SQL practiceWrite and run real queries in the editor. 3 drills · ~30 min
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