Associate Applications Developer Interview Experience - Pleasanton, California
March 1, 2016
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
I was referred by a friend.
I had a phone interview with one of the application developers, and then followed up with him with a take-home question. They set up an on-site a week later with 15-20 other candidates (for other positions as well).
The interview day involved:
- A couple of one-on-one and one-on-two sessions, mostly covering behavioral and OOP questions.
- A product and technical demo.
- A social gathering with recruiters, managers, and other candidates.
Everyone was really friendly there! It was clear that they wanted to see if you would be a good fit for the workplace. The questions asked weren't designed to stump you, just to gauge your personality and thinking process.
The whole experience was very different from any other company I've interviewed at, and was one of the most pleasant interview experiences I've had.
Questions
Mostly behavioral questions.
One UML design question.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 15 interview experiences for the Workday Associate Applications Developer role in Pleasanton, California.
Success Rate
87%
Pass Rate
Workday's interview process for their Associate Applications Developer roles in Pleasanton, California is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Positive93%
Neutral0%
Negative7%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Workday's Associate Applications Developer interview process in Pleasanton, California.
Workday Work Experiences
2.0
Built for the future, brought to you by the past
Associate Applications Developer • Current Employee
Pleasanton, California, United States
November 9, 2015
Pros: 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.
1.0
Great PR, Bad Internally
Associate Applications Developer • Former Employee
Pleasanton, California, United States
October 10, 2015
Pros: 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.
5.0
Awesome workplace
Associate Applications Developer • Former Employee
Pleasanton, California, United States
August 19, 2015
Pros: Very employee-centric, fun company culture.
Treats their interns very well.
You learn a lot about OOP design.
Cons: Uses their own proprietary language, XpressO, that you will never use at any other company, so a lot of knowledge is not transferable.
- 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.
- 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.
- 5.0Awesome workplaceAssociate Applications Developer • Former EmployeePleasanton, California, United StatesAugust 19, 2015Pros: Very employee-centric, fun company culture. Treats their interns very well. You learn a lot about OOP design.Cons: Uses their own proprietary language, XpressO, that you will never use at any other company, so a lot of knowledge is not transferable.
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