Workday Recruiting · Schema

CandidateAssessment

A candidate assessment captures evaluation results from screening tools or manual review processes during the recruiting workflow.

HCMHuman ResourcesRecruitingSaaSTalent Acquisition

Properties

Name Type Description
id string Workday ID (WID) of the assessment
assessmentCategory object A reference to a related Workday resource
result string Assessment outcome
score number Numeric assessment score
comments string Assessment comments or notes
assessedOn string Date and time the assessment was completed
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JSON Schema

recruiting-rest-api-candidate-assessment-schema.json Raw ↑ 
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "title": "CandidateAssessment",
  "description": "A candidate assessment captures evaluation results from screening tools or manual review processes during the recruiting workflow.",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-recruiting/refs/heads/main/json-schema/recruiting-rest-api-candidate-assessment-schema.json",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Workday ID (WID) of the assessment",
      "example": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555"
    },
    "assessmentCategory": {
      "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"
        }
      }
    },
    "result": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "Pass",
        "Fail",
        "Pending"
      ],
      "description": "Assessment outcome",
      "example": "Pass"
    },
    "score": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Numeric assessment score",
      "example": 87.5
    },
    "comments": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Assessment comments or notes",
      "example": "Strong technical background with 8+ years of experience in distributed systems."
    },
    "assessedOn": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "Date and time the assessment was completed",
      "example": "2026-05-03T14:30:00Z"
    }
  }
}