Workday Recruiting · JSON Structure

Recruiting Rest Api Applicant Structure

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

Type: object Properties: 8

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Applicant is a JSON Structure definition published by Workday Recruiting, describing 8 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

id candidate firstName lastName email hireDate position status

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-recruiting/refs/heads/main/json-structure/recruiting-rest-api-applicant-structure.json",
  "name": "Applicant",
  "description": "A pre-hire or applicant record in Workday representing an individual who has been processed through the recruiting pipeline toward hire.",
  "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",
      "description": "Primary email address",
      "example": "candidate@example.com"
    },
    "hireDate": {
      "type": "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"
    }
  }
}