Senior Associate Software Engineer Interview Experience - Dublin, Ireland
Process
A recruiter contacted me on LinkedIn because of my OOP development background across various technologies. She asked if I was open to relocation and learning a different programming language. "Why not?"
There was a 30-minute talk on Skype about my background and why I'd want to work abroad.
The next step consisted of a 2-hour technical interview. The interview was conducted entirely online. The requirement was to design an object class diagram starting from a document (in my case, an Amazon receipt).
The next step required me to fly to Dublin, stay for 2 nights, and participate in 3 interviews, one after another, on the same day. Workday reimbursed all expenses (plane tickets, hotel for 2 nights, transportation, and main meals).
The interviewers were really friendly and open-minded. Two of them were technology-oriented, although the most challenging task was to design on a whiteboard the most complex system I had worked with. Otherwise, there were mostly technology-based discussions about my past experience and Workday's approach.
The last interview was teamwork-oriented. Nothing too hard, just chatting about my previous experiences.
They made an offer later that day. I guess I fit in well.
Questions
Design a UML object class diagram, including relationships and cardinality, based on a given document.
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Workday Work Experiences
- 2.0Good People, Worse BenefitsSenior Associate Software Engineer • Current EmployeeDublin, Leinster, IrelandSeptember 26, 2025Pros: Good teams and people to work with.Cons: Not the benefits we used to have.
- 1.0Good culture, bad pay, and there is a catchSenior Associate Software Engineer • Former EmployeeDublin, Dublin, IrelandDecember 9, 2024Pros: Culture is very good. People that I have met seem to be genuinely happy; it is not just corporate propaganda.Cons: Workday does not care about you during probation. If your manager wanted to fail your probation simply because they did not like you, they can. HR will do a fake investigation and then inform you that you are no longer needed. I left the company after only 3 weeks of probation, simply because I interviewed with an amazing manager but then I got reassigned to another manager before I started and after I had already accepted the offer. That new manager was a horrible person and simply did not like me, so she claimed to HR that she did not feel safe in the work environment with me being on the team. HR did absolutely no investigation and just invited me to a formality meeting that asked some questions about the work itself. Of course, almost all of my answers had the phrase "I don't know, I have just joined for 3 weeks." Two days later, HR set a meeting with me and my manager to let my manager tell me that I did not pass probation. I don't know if this was racism or what the real reason is behind that manager's behavior. But if this is relevant to anybody, she is Irish, and I am from North Africa. I believe this is very likely a very rare experience; I don't know someone else who had a similar experience at the company. On another note, base pay is bad! I was receiving more base pay as a junior in another big tech company before Workday (76k as junior at that company vs. 73k as mid-level at Workday). This is because Workday has two levels, P2 and P3, that map to mid-level. P2 gets paid just like juniors in other big tech companies. P3 could match mid-level in other companies.
- 4.0Nice Office, New LocationSenior Associate Software Engineer • Former EmployeeDublin, Dublin, IrelandOctober 10, 2025Pros: Nice, enjoyable work-life in the office.Cons: New office in city center.
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