11 questions · from 4 interviews
Workday interview questions
Every question candidates reported from their Workday interviews, most frequently asked first. Each links to the write-up it came from, so you can see the round and how it went.
Workday coding and DSA questions
- 01
Parenthesis Validator with Memory Optimization
Hackerrank: Find if the string is valid or not - paranthesis validator. Follow-up question to understand if the input is super high, and the memory overflow happens that heap is full. How will you solve the problem?
Medium · From Workday SSE 6YOE Reject Q3 2025
- 02
Finding Debit Card Count for a Customer
During the object-oriented design round, I was asked to determine how to find the number of debit cards linked to a particular customer within a payments and cards system.
- 03
String Manipulation with Hashing
A LeetCode medium-level problem related to Strings & Hashing. The task involved manipulating strings using hashing techniques to achieve a specific outcome.
Medium · From Software Development Engineer | Workday | Chennai | Interview Process
- 04
Basic Coding Problem
A LeetCode easy-level problem that required basic coding skills. The problem involved implementing a solution using fundamental programming concepts.
Easy · From Software Development Engineer | Workday | Chennai | Interview Process
Workday system design questions
- 01
Document Creator System Design
Design a document creator system, maintain versions, retrieve all the versions, update only on the latest versions, etc. It was focused on OOP, and few questions about decisions like ArrayList vs Hashmap vs linkedhashmap, how to return objects that can be…
Hard · From Workday SSE 6YOE Reject Q3 2025
- 02
Design an Inventory Management System
Design and implement an inventory management system, with a focus on demonstrating Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts in Java.
From Sr Associate Software Development Engineer | Workday | Rejected
- 03
Design a Banking System Class Diagram
Build a class diagram for a banking system, incorporating specific constraints provided during a whiteboarding session.
From Sr Associate Software Development Engineer | Workday | Rejected
Workday behavioural and HR questions
- 01
Tell me about yourself
Standard 'Tell me about yourself' behavioral question.
- 02
Role Preference: Lead Developer or Manager
What is the role that I'm looking forward? - Lead developer or manager?
- 03
Complex Project and Challenges
Tell me a complex project that you have worked on and what were the challenges faced.
- 04
Platform Project Contribution
Explain the platform project and your contribution towards it.
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What questions are asked in Workday interviews?
Candidates reported 11 distinct questions across 4 Workday interviews. 4 coding and DSA questions, 3 system design questions, 4 behavioural and HR questions.