Workday Recruiting · JSON Structure

Recruiting Rest Api Candidate Assessment Structure

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

Type: object Properties: 6
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CandidateAssessment is a JSON Structure definition published by Workday Recruiting, describing 6 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

id assessmentCategory result score comments assessedOn

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

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-recruiting/refs/heads/main/json-structure/recruiting-rest-api-candidate-assessment-structure.json",
  "name": "CandidateAssessment",
  "description": "A candidate assessment captures evaluation results from screening tools or manual review processes during the recruiting workflow.",
  "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": "double",
      "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": "datetime",
      "description": "Date and time the assessment was completed",
      "example": "2026-05-03T14:30:00Z"
    }
  }
}