Workday Recruiting · Schema

Applicant

A pre-hire or applicant record in Workday representing an individual who has been processed through the recruiting pipeline toward hire.

HCMHuman ResourcesRecruitingSaaSTalent Acquisition

Properties

Name Type Description
id string Workday ID (WID) of the applicant record
candidate object A reference to a related Workday resource
firstName string Applicant first name
lastName string Applicant last name
email string Primary email address
hireDate string Planned or actual hire date
position object A reference to a related Workday resource
status string Applicant processing status
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JSON Schema

recruiting-rest-api-applicant-schema.json Raw ↑ 
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "title": "Applicant",
  "description": "A pre-hire or applicant record in Workday representing an individual who has been processed through the recruiting pipeline toward hire.",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-recruiting/refs/heads/main/json-schema/recruiting-rest-api-applicant-schema.json",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Workday ID (WID) of the applicant record",
      "example": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555"
    },
    "candidate": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "A reference to a related Workday resource",
      "properties": {
        "id": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Workday ID (WID) of the referenced resource",
          "example": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555"
        },
        "descriptor": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Display name of the referenced resource",
          "example": "Senior Software Engineer"
        }
      }
    },
    "firstName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Applicant first name",
      "example": "Jordan"
    },
    "lastName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Applicant last name",
      "example": "Reyes"
    },
    "email": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "email",
      "description": "Primary email address",
      "example": "[email protected]"
    },
    "hireDate": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date",
      "description": "Planned or actual hire date",
      "example": "2026-05-03"
    },
    "position": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "A reference to a related Workday resource",
      "properties": {
        "id": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Workday ID (WID) of the referenced resource",
          "example": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555"
        },
        "descriptor": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Display name of the referenced resource",
          "example": "Senior Software Engineer"
        }
      }
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Applicant processing status",
      "example": "Open"
    }
  }
}