Associate Applications Developer Interview Experience
Process
The onsite interview process consists of six 1:1 interviews, primarily focusing on behavioral questions and explanations of the company and its products. There is also one technical interview.
The recruiters do a really good job of making people feel welcome and organizing the interview process. Employees are all nice, enthusiastic, and very open to questions.
The technical interview is pretty chill, but it's good to refresh your knowledge of UML diagramming and object relationships beforehand. There are no algorithms or coding questions, as developers don't code in the traditional sense. They use a development environment built on top of a Java framework, which allows them to create objects and design applications using a GUI interface.
If you do well on the technical interview, you have a good chance of getting an offer. The rest of the decision is determined by how well you connect with the other interviewers on a personal level and how interested you seem in the job. They give you plenty of opportunities to network and talk to them during the day.
Ask lots of questions. By the end of the day, you will have a good sense of whether you will receive an offer.
About five out of the 25 people there on my day were discreetly called to the side to talk more, so I assume they received offers. I was notified about their decision to pass approximately two weeks later.
Questions
Design Amazon Billing System
Design UPS Packaging
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 38 interview experiences for the Workday Associate Applications Developer role.
Success Rate
Workday's interview process for their Associate Applications Developer roles is on the easier side as most engineers get an offer after going through it.
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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Workday's Associate Applications Developer interview process.
Workday Work Experiences
- 2.0Built for the future, brought to you by the pastAssociate Applications Developer • Current EmployeePleasanton, California, United StatesNovember 9, 2015Pros: The Generation Workday program really does do its best to acclimate new grads into the workforce. It's an easy way to meet a lot of really cool people. Workday also tends to hire really honest, nice people as new hires. The snack program is fantastic.Cons: Make no mistake: Workday is PeopleSoft, PeopleSoft is Oracle, and, no matter how much they try to convince themselves, Workday is Oracle. There is zero career advancement at Workday, and it's designed that way. The management chain from the bottom-up is almost exclusively ex-Oracle, ex-PeopleSoft folk. Oracle employees are actively recruited for management or high-priority roles. There are very few people (to the point where I don't know any, but I've heard of them) who came into Workday in management positions. If you are not a PeopleSoft alumni, your chances of advancement are very, very slim. Internal transfers are slim-to-none despite the constant talks they give new hires about them occurring after their first 12 months. That would be fine and all if this is just a stop-gap in a career, but as an engineer, Workday has designed a tech-stack that essentially tries to ensure employment solely at Workday. It's all proprietary non-programming, and resembles nothing even remotely similar to programming. It's entirely useless for any future jobs. Don't buy into the "Well, there's a lot of similar ideas and principles with traditional programming languages" talk they give: it's nothing like programming. It's just clicking, and clicking, and more clicking. It makes things easy for them, and much harder for the worker, as it's extremely easy to become complacent and you forget traditional programming skills. Working at Workday is a dead end. If you're young and non-PeopleSoft, I cannot stress how important it is to stay far, far away.
- 5.0Fantastic summer internship experienceAssociate Applications Developer • Former EmployeePleasanton, California, United StatesNovember 13, 2014Pros: Great work culture. Very well-developed internship program with lots of activities. Approachable workplace, easy to ask questions for help.Cons: - Pleasanton is not the most lively place.
- 1.0Great PR, Bad InternallyAssociate Applications Developer • Former EmployeePleasanton, California, United StatesOctober 10, 2015Pros: The company has done a great job in establishing its foothold in the industry.Cons: - Low compensation compared to industry standard. - Difficult to move across teams. - HR team is very difficult to work with; slow and all talk, no action. - Proprietary language makes it difficult for people to advance in careers. - Slow moving for teams with mature applications.
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