Workday Recruiting · Schema

Applicant

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

HCMHuman ResourcesRecruitingSoftware-as-a-ServiceTalent Acquisition

Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Workday ID (WID) of the applicant record
candidate	object	A reference to a related Workday resource
firstName	string	Applicant first name
lastName	string	Applicant last name
email	string	Primary email address
hireDate	string	Planned or actual hire date
position	object	A reference to a related Workday resource
status	string	Applicant processing status

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "title": "Applicant",
  "description": "A pre-hire or applicant record in Workday representing an individual who has been processed through the recruiting pipeline toward hire.",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-recruiting/refs/heads/main/json-schema/recruiting-rest-api-applicant-schema.json",
  "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",
      "format": "email",
      "description": "Primary email address",
      "example": "candidate@example.com"
    },
    "hireDate": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "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"
    }
  }
}

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