The search team uses the completed brief to separate adjacent familiarity from work the candidate owned. Each interviewer should use the same scenario, record the evidence provided, and score the answer against the responsibilities agreed during intake.
Workday Functional Lead: Role-specific scope
Screened for Workday process design, configuration, tenant decisions, testing, data, security coordination, releases, and functional workstream outcomes, with the boundary set by the employer's systems, delivery stage, and operating model.
Interview prompt: Ask for one decision involving HCM, Financials, SCM. Record the constraint, what the candidate owned, and the evidence used to evaluate the result.
Brief alignment: Define the systems, delivery stage, operating boundary, and ownership expected from the Workday Functional Lead
Workday HCM Lead: Ownership checkpoints
Screened for Workday process design, configuration, tenant decisions, testing, data, security coordination, releases, and functional workstream outcomes, with the boundary set by the employer's systems, delivery stage, and operating model.
Interview prompt: Ask for one decision involving Workday process design, configuration, tenant decisions. Record the constraint, what the candidate owned, and the evidence used to evaluate the result.
Brief alignment: Screen candidates for evidence of Workday process design, configuration, tenant decisions, testing, data, security coordination, releases, and functional workstream outcomes
Workday Financials Lead: Adjacent role boundaries
Screened for Workday process design, configuration, tenant decisions, testing, data, security coordination, releases, and functional workstream outcomes, with the boundary set by the employer's systems, delivery stage, and operating model.
Interview prompt: Ask for one decision involving Workday Functional Lead, Workday HCM Lead, Workday Financials Lead. Record the constraint, what the candidate owned, and the evidence used to evaluate the result.
Brief alignment: Separate direct delivery experience from adjacent product, project, or consulting exposure