Workday Questions & Answers

How flexible is workday’s hybrid policy? Do you anticipate a full RTO one day? Currently late stage interviewing

Pros and cons of being a product specialist AE?

How are the emerging markets teams performing?

Hearing Workday laid off 2,000 employees today or this week? Is this accurate and was the sales team impacted much? Surprising given the high score.

Has anyone left before the year mark? Does your sign on bonus actually get revoked? And what about ESPP do they pay you back everything you’ve set aside each paycheck if its before the buy date?

I am interviewing for an Enterprise AE role and have been told there is going to be "Skill Based" traits in each session that various hiring managers are looking for. Can you tell me what are these 2-3 skills WD is going to be grading me on? Thank you!

Thoughts on HiredScore?

What are the difference between Account Executive - Emerging Markets and Medium Enterprise? Are they more current customer or more greenfield accounts? Also what is the base + OTE differences?

How does Workday treat remote work? Is it generally accepted based on team/location or is hybrid enforced? Interested in Customer Base AE role and would like to be fully remote.

What are the pros and cons of being in a specialized AE role (VNDLY, PeakOn, Scout, etc.)? Are any of the specialist product AEs in a better situation than others?

What does it look like to be a CSM? How are accounts aligned and success defined?

Interested in Workday - if I was able to break in do I need to focus on HCM vs. finance or generally do the sales team members sell both / product suite to their customer base?

How often does the compensation plan change at Workday, and what criteria are used to define sales territories?

How well do the Digital AE's perform? Where do they fall in the organizational structure/are they supporting enterprise reps or managing their own business?

How is attainment in the net new medium enterprise? Is hunting realistic at workday?

Interviewing for the CSD role. Went through phone screening and now waiting to schedule other interviews. What questions are generally asked for the next two interviews? Been reviewing my STAR questions and really want the job

I'm interviewing for Large Enterprise AE. This is my fourth round of interviews for different positions. The hiring director is tomorrow; what are they really looking for the most with questions? Culture, account planning, or hunting skills? Please let me know how to land this job successfully.

how hard is it to break into? I am a Senior AE with 6 + years and multiple Pclub awards in SaaS, but nothing HR related.

how do AE account base teams do? quotas? metrics?

How do the emerging AE/ Financial overlays perform currently?