# Workday Recruiting: how AI models rank it, October 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 40 judge labels across 5 categories by 12 of 14 models. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/vendors/workday-recruiting/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applicant tracking systems | 0% | 64 | 55% | 20 |
| AI recruiting assistants | 0% | 90 | 75% | 12 |
| Interview scheduling | 0% | 73 | 40% | 5 |
| Recruitment marketing and career sites | 0% | 56 | 0% | 2 |
| Recruiting CRM and sourcing | 0% | 106 | 100% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Largest enterprise market share (~39%), deep HCM integration, global compliance | Complex, expensive, sensitive to resume formatting" (Kimi K2, Applicant tracking syste)
- "Workday Recruiting is the enterprise default — it lives inside Workday HCM" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Applicant tracking syste)
- "Choose Workday or iCIMS if you are a massive global enterprise" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Applicant tracking syste)
- "Workday or iCIMS for larger, more complex environments" (GPT-6 Luna, Applicant tracking syste)

## And against it

- "Mobley v. Workday, Inc., has drawn national attention, where the plaintiff alleged that Workday's AI-powered applicant screening tools discriminated against applicants based on race, age, and disability." (Claude Haiku 4.5, AI recruiting assistants)
- "facing a collective-action lawsuit based on claims that the artificial intelligence used by the company to screen job applicants discriminated against candidates 40 years old and over" (Muse Glimmer 30B, AI recruiting assistants)
- "Be cautious with these AI recruiting tools... Workday: Faces multiple class-action lawsuits... alleging its AI screening discriminates against Black applicants" (Grok 4.1 Fast, AI recruiting assistants)
- "❌ The Worst Offenders: Workday and Oracle Taleo ... It is widely considered the most frustrating ATS for job seekers." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Applicant tracking syste)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- Applicant tracking systems: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 49 → 64 of 65.
- AI recruiting assistants: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 84 → 90 of 90.
- Interview scheduling: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 55 → 73 of 75.
- Recruitment marketing and career sites: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 59 → 56 of 104.
- Recruiting CRM and sourcing: 0% to 0%, ±0. New · not ranked in September 2026 · rank 106 of 111.

## In its own words

What Workday Recruiting's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: une solution unifiée pour un recrutement moderne (https://www.workday.com/fr-fr/topics/hr/applicant-tracking-system.html)
- For: les recruteurs et les employeurs (https://www.workday.com/fr-fr/topics/hr/applicant-tracking-system.html)
- Customers named: PwC, AdventHealth, Ferring, DATEV, Burlington, Johnson Controls, JLL

## Record

- Method: https://hr-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://hr-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, hr-ai-index.com.