I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Workday (Pleasanton, CA) in Oct 2015
Interview
Began with phone interviews with team leads and managers. Then I was flown out the CA for a presentation, panel interview, and 1:1 interviews. In total, I interviewed with 10-15 people. Process was great and expectations were set by the recruiter.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They were all very prepared and have reviewed my resume ahead of time and asked great questions about my experience and personality.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Workday (Pleasanton, CA)
Interview
I applied online and had a phone interview with a recruiter the same week. After a phone interview with some of the hiring managers I was invited to come to their headquarters in California to interview the team and deliver a presentation. The presentation topic was very ambiguous, however the recruiter did provide some insight to the expectations. Everyone was extremely nice and made me feel very comfortable. A decision was made quickly and the recruiter and her team were fabulous during the onboarding process.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Workday (Pleasanton, CA)
Interview
A "somewhat" lengthy interview process between Recruiter and Hiring Managers.
A lot of redundant questions that were not all that different from other companies.
Different expectations and direction from both Recruiter and Hiring Managers as to what was going to be "covered" during the interview process. i.e., what will be asked by each interviewer.
Multiple phone interviews spread out over weeks. That was somewhat frustrating since most unemployed people do not have disposable income to fancy months of interviewing time. This process could have been more organized and consolidated since there were multiple interviews with the same interviewers. A bit of "arrogance" in the importance of their time verses any possible hardship on the other end of the process.
In-person interviews at multiple locations with the same (and a few additional) interviewers.
I was asked to come up with an "ambiguous presentation" for one interview session. Very open ended request (which I took as the actual "test") but I like those type of challenging tasks so that went very well.
Take a lot of notes and do your homework on your interviewers.
Keep track of the questions they are asking and stay true to yourself and your answers. I can only surmise the redundancies are somehow linked to making sure you are giving the same answers and presenting the same values to everyone in the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Only one interview question stood out and it wasn't actually that "out of the norm". I was asked what was most important to me from a "management" perspective.