I had one phone interview and five onsite interviews, all conducted via Zoom.

During the onsite interviews, I noticed all interviewers were of the same race. I found this ironic, especially when the manager asked me about the importance of diversity. It felt like a joke.

The interview questions were generally reasonable, except for one LeetCode hard question involving dynamic programming. I hadn't expected such a difficult question for a Workday interview, and my recent LeetCode practice was insufficient to handle hard-level problems. Consequently, I failed that question without a doubt.

Regarding that specific interviewer, I was able to see the question he asked the previous candidate because he was my first interviewer. He didn't close the Zoom window before I joined, and I was waiting in the lobby while he was interviewing the candidate before me. That question was an extremely easy LeetCode problem.

I don't understand the basis for such a significant difference in interview difficulty from the same interviewer. I suspect it might be related to race. Could he be intentionally giving difficult questions to candidates of different races, perhaps to filter for those who are likely to receive offers from top companies like Facebook or Google and therefore unlikely to join Workday? Simultaneously, he might be giving easier questions to candidates of the same race. This could explain why the team is so racially homogenous.

Out of the 5 on-sites:

• 2 on coding (LeetCode easy and hard)
• 1 on work experience, Java, and work knowledge
• 1 on cross-team experience
• 1 for introducing the team (LeetCode easy and hard)