Workday-Pro-Talent-and-Performance Workday Pro Talent and Performance Exam Questions and Answers

Competencies can be assigned to multiple objects: job profiles, job families, positions, or management levels.

When determining a worker’starget proficiency level,Positiontakes precedence over all other sources.

Order of precedence:Position > Job Profile > Job Family > Management Level.

This allows organizations to define competencies at higher levels (family, profile) but override them at the position level if necessary.

To ensure consistent reporting, feedback templates can be set asLocked.

ALocked Feedback Templateprevents managers or workers from modifying the questions—no additions, edits, or deletions are allowed.

Other options are not correct:

Condition Rules→ used for dynamic behavior and field visibility, not for locking questions.

Template Type→ defines type (e.g., Feedback vs. Review), not question editability.

Question Tags→ used for categorization and reporting but do not prevent changes.

To create a review template with sections such as Feedback, Goals, Questions, and Competencies, you must have these components configured in advance:

Review Questions→ required if the template uses a questions section.

Feedback Template→ required if a feedback section is included.

Competencies→ required if competencies are included.

Review Typesare not a prerequisite to create a review template. They categorize reviews (annual, quarterly, etc.) but are not required in template configuration.

Even when using ajob management staffing model, organizations useSuccession Poolsto group workers for succession planning.

Pools identify workers with potential to step into key roles in the future.

Incorrect options:

A. Development Plan → defines individual growth steps, not succession grouping.

B. Candidate Pools → used in recruiting, not succession.

C. Succession Plans → tied to specific positions or job profiles, not used for general grouping in job management models.

For a goal to populate into a performance review, itsdue datemust align with thereview template’s start and end period.

If the goal falls outside that timeframe, Workday will not pull it into the review.

Other options are not correct:

Cascade Goals→ does not prevent goals from being included.

Milestones not Complete→ milestone status does not block goal population.

Not Started status→ goals can still populate even if not started.

In succession planning, theReadinesstalent attribute represents thetimeframein which a worker is expected to be ready to move into a position (e.g., “Ready Now,” “1–2 Years,” “3–5 Years”).

Incorrect options:

A. Achievable Level → indicates the highest role/level a worker may reach, not timeframe.

B. Retention → risk of employee leaving, not succession readiness.

D. Potential → overall growth capacity, not time-based readiness.

To make specific goal fieldsmandatory(such as requiring a goal description), you must configure this in theConfigure Individual Goals sectionof theMaintain Goal Setuptask.

In this section, administrators define which fields are:

Required(must be completed by the worker),

Optional, or

Hidden(not shown to users).

TheMaintain Goal Categories taskonly sets up categories such as Innovation, Financial, Productivity.

TheMaintain Goal Units taskconfigures measurement units (e.g., percentages, dollars).

TheConfigure Organization Goals sectiongoverns how enterprise-level organizational goals behave, but does not control whether an individual field like “Description” is required.

Therefore, to enforce that workers must always provide a goal description, you configure this requirement in theConfigure Individual Goals section.

Suggested skills functionality is enabled and configured using theMaintain Skills and Experience Setuptask.

This controls whether Workday will suggest skills to workers based on their profiles and activity.

Incorrect options:

Edit Tenant Setup – SystemandEdit Tenant Setup – HCM→ global settings, not skill suggestions.

Configure Optional Fields→ defines visibility of fields but not skill suggestion functionality.

Dynamic Talent Poolsautomatically determine membership by using the results of asaved search.

This allows pool membership to update as workers meet or no longer meet the search criteria.

Incorrect options:

Compare Workers report→ used for side-by-side comparison, not pool membership.

Manual selection→ applies to static pools, not dynamic.

Custom report→ not the driver; Workday specifically requires saved searches for dynamic pools.

ADynamic Talent Poolautomatically updates membership based on the results of a saved search.

Making itRestrictedensures that access is limited—so onlyManagershave visibility/permissions to the members of their supervisory organization.

Incorrect options:

Open Dynamic→ open visibility, not restricted by role.

Open Static→ membership is manual, not automatic, and visibility is open.

Restricted Static→ membership is manual, not dynamic.

TheManage Succession Plantask allows administrators or managers to assign employees to one or more succession plans, including assigning the same employee to multiple plans.

Incorrect options:

A. Create Succession Pool → creates a new pool, unrelated to assigning to multiple plans.

B. Move Succession Plan → used for plan reorganization, not assigning individuals.

C. Copy Succession Plan Candidates → duplicates candidate lists from one plan to another, but is not the standard method for assignment.

This question is aboutTalent Reviewsin Workday and what drives the permissions or actions that employees and managers can take during the review process.

Let’s analyze the choices:

A. Organization membership

Incorrect.

Organization membership (e.g., supervisory org, talent pool) determineswhich workersare included in the review.

It does not determinewhat actionsmanagers or employees can take.

B. Employee potential

Incorrect.

Employee potential is anattribute(like performance, loss impact, retention risk) used for evaluation in the talent review grid.

It informs thecontentof the review, not the actions available to participants.

C. Domain security

Partially correct but not the best answer.

Domain security determineswho has accessto initiate or view Talent Reviews, but it does not driveprocess actions inside the review(such as rating, adding notes, or calibrating).

D. Talent review template rule

Correct.

TheTalent Review Template Ruledefines theconfiguration of the talent review process, including:

Which sections appear (e.g., 9-box grid, attributes, notes).

Which actions participants (employees, managers, HR partners) can perform.

Whether calibration is enabled, whether participants can move employees between grid boxes, and other interactive review behaviors.

This is the configuration responsible for controllingwhat employees and managers can do during a talent review event.

Therefore, the correct answer isTalent review template rule.

????References

Workday Pro Talent & Performance Certification Guide – Talent Reviews:“The talent review template rule determines the structure of the review and what actions participants may take during the review.”

ERP Cloud Training – Workday Talent Reviews:“Template rules control functionality such as allowing participants to update potential ratings, add notes, or move workers in the grid. Security domains only manage access.”

Workday Community Documentation – Talent Review Configuration:Confirms thattemplate rulesdefine the actions and behaviors within a talent review session.