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Practising for the listing Senior Workday Platform Architect. Its requirements are filled in below. When you have an answer you like, paste it with your CV in Career Mirror to see which of the job's skills it shows.
Requirements found
Recruiting Compliance (must)
What this posting asks for
Level: Senior — The title says "Senior".
Main responsibilities
- Serve as Via’s senior Workday platform expert, with ownership across configuration, security, business processes, reporting, integrations, data quality, and …
- Help define and implement a scalable Workday architecture and operating model, including governance, documentation, change management, testing standards, and…
- Lead the design, configuration, testing, and deployment of solutions across multiple Workday modules, such as Core HCM, Compensation, Recruiting, Benefits, A…
- Ensure that Workday business processes are efficient, consistent, compliant, and able to support Via’s continued growth and organizational complexity.
- Design, build, and maintain Workday reports, dashboards, calculated fields, and analytics that enable reliable, data-driven decision-making.
- Lead Workday release planning by evaluating new functionality, assessing business impact, coordinating testing, documenting changes, and communicating recomm…
- Maintain data integrity through proactive monitoring, recurring audits, reconciliation processes, and root-cause analysis of system or integration issues.
- Create and maintain documentation for configurations, business processes, integrations, reports, controls, and user procedures.
- Build strong relationships with Workday, implementation partners, and other vendors while ensuring that Via retains clear internal ownership of its platform.
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Technical skill Core
In the posting: “You’ll bring proven practices from mature Workday environments and apply them thoughtfully at Via—strengthening our platform architecture, improving governan…” · “Help define and implement a scalable Workday architecture and operating model, including governance, documentation, change management, testing standards, and…” · “You have experience improving an established Workday environment—not only maintaining it—and can bring practical examples of governance, architecture, proces…”
Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off. - Communication Core
In the posting: “Help define and implement a scalable Workday architecture and operating model, including governance, documentation, change management, testing standards, and…” · “Lead Workday release planning by evaluating new functionality, assessing business impact, coordinating testing, documenting changes, and communicating recomm…” · “Create and maintain documentation for configurations, business processes, integrations, reports, controls, and user procedures.”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - Ownership and accountability Core
In the posting: “Serve as Via’s senior Workday platform expert, with ownership across configuration, security, business processes, reporting, integrations, data quality, and …” · “Build strong relationships with Workday, implementation partners, and other vendors while ensuring that Via retains clear internal ownership of its platform.” · “You are highly detail-oriented, organized, and process-driven, with strong judgment and a clear sense of ownership.”
Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it. - Planning and organisation Core
In the posting: “This role is ideal for someone who has managed Workday in a large, complex organization and has worked across multiple Workday modules, business processes, i…” · “Ensure that Workday business processes are efficient, consistent, compliant, and able to support Via’s continued growth and organizational complexity.” · “Lead Workday release planning by evaluating new functionality, assessing business impact, coordinating testing, documenting changes, and communicating recomm…”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how. - Data and analysis Core
In the posting: “Our platform serves as the technology backbone for modern transit networks, transforming antiquated and siloed public transportation systems into smart, data…” · “Serve as Via’s senior Workday platform expert, with ownership across configuration, security, business processes, reporting, integrations, data quality, and …” · “Design, build, and maintain Workday reports, dashboards, calculated fields, and analytics that enable reliable, data-driven decision-making.”
Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it. - Attention to detail and quality Core
In the posting: “Serve as Via’s senior Workday platform expert, with ownership across configuration, security, business processes, reporting, integrations, data quality, and …” · “Help define and implement a scalable Workday architecture and operating model, including governance, documentation, change management, testing standards, and…” · “Lead the design, configuration, testing, and deployment of solutions across multiple Workday modules, such as Core HCM, Compensation, Recruiting, Benefits, A…”
Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used. - Stakeholder management Core
In the posting: “With hundreds of agency partners around the world, Via is recognized as the leading transportation technology and service provider globally.” · “This role is ideal for someone who has managed Workday in a large, complex organization and has worked across multiple Workday modules, business processes, i…” · “Oversee Workday integrations with payroll, benefits, identity management, finance, recruiting, and other enterprise systems, partnering with internal teams a…”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior. - Problem solving Core
In the posting: “In addition to overseeing day-to-day administration and troubleshooting, you’ll help define the long-term direction of our Workday platform and ensure that n…” · “You thrive in a fast-paced environment, can manage competing priorities, and remain thoughtful and methodical when addressing complex issues.”
Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix.
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Practice questions
- Tell me about yourself. Dedicated step-by-step practice.
- If an interviewer asks something improper How to respond to questions about age, family, origin or health.
- Built from this posting (7):
- Walk me through a piece of work where you used your strongest technical skill. What exactly did you do? From this posting
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complex to someone outside your field. From this posting
- Tell me about a task you took from start to finish without anyone asking you to. From this posting
- You have three urgent tasks due today and time to finish only two. How do you decide? From this posting
- How have you used compliance in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
- Tell me about a problem you solved using recruiting. From this posting
- Tell me about a time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. From this posting
- This posting reads as Data analysis: its questions come first.
- Tell me about an analysis that changed a decision. Data analysis
- Describe a time you found that the data you were given was wrong. Data analysis
- A manager asks you for 'the numbers' by tomorrow with no further detail. What do you do? Data analysis
- How do you check that a query or spreadsheet you built gives the right answer? Data analysis
- What makes a dashboard useful, and how have you built one? Data analysis
- Tell me about a time you explained a statistical result to people without a data background. Data analysis
- Sales dropped 15% last month. How would you find out why? Data analysis
- Describe a new tool or technique you learned to finish a piece of work. Data analysis
- Describe a time you handled an upset customer or colleague.
- Tell me about a time you had several deadlines at once. How did you decide what to do first?
- Give an example of a mistake you caught before it caused a problem.
- Tell me about a time you taught someone how to do something.
- Describe a time you took the lead without being asked.
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complicated in simple terms.
- Describe a process you improved.
- Do you have any questions for us?
- Why do you want to work here?
- Why is there a gap in your employment? Difficult question
- Why did you leave your last job? Difficult question
- Why are you changing careers? Difficult question
- What is your greatest weakness? Difficult question
- What are your salary expectations? Difficult question
- You seem overqualified for this role. Why do you want it? Difficult question
- Improper-question practice: How old are you? / Do you have children? / Where are you from originally?
- A customer is angry about a delay you did not cause. What do you do?
- How do you keep track of many open customer requests?
- Tell me about a time you could not give a customer what they wanted.
- You find that the inventory count does not match the system. What do you do?
- Tell me about a time a shipment or delivery went wrong.
- How do you make sure safety rules are followed on a busy shift?
- Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
- How have you used spreadsheets in your work?
- Tell me about a time you had to enter or check a lot of data accurately.
- Tell me about a sale or agreement you are proud of.
- A prospect says your price is too high. How do you respond?
- How do you keep your pipeline organised?
- Tell me about a technical problem you solved on your own.
- You find a bug right before a release. What do you do?
- Walk me through how you would check whether a report's numbers are right.

