Questionnaire

A recruiting questionnaire used for candidate screening or assessment during the application process.

HCMHuman ResourcesRecruitingSaaSTalent Acquisition

Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Workday ID (WID) of the questionnaire
name	string	Questionnaire name
description	string	Description of the questionnaire purpose
questions	array	Questions in the questionnaire
active	boolean	Whether the questionnaire is currently active

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "title": "Questionnaire",
  "description": "A recruiting questionnaire used for candidate screening or assessment during the application process.",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-recruiting/refs/heads/main/json-schema/recruiting-rest-api-questionnaire-schema.json",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Workday ID (WID) of the questionnaire",
      "example": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Questionnaire name",
      "example": "Senior Software Engineer"
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Description of the questionnaire purpose",
      "example": "Strong technical background with 8+ years of experience in distributed systems."
    },
    "questions": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "questionText": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The question text",
            "example": "Describe a challenging project you've delivered."
          },
          "questionType": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "Single Select",
              "Multi Select",
              "Free Text",
              "Numeric"
            ],
            "description": "Type of response expected",
            "example": "Single Select"
          },
          "required": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "Whether the question requires a response",
            "example": true
          },
          "options": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "description": "Available answer options for select questions"
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "Questions in the questionnaire"
    },
    "active": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether the questionnaire is currently active",
      "example": true
    }
  }
}