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

To launch aTalent Reviewfor a group of workers who do not share the same supervisory organization, you can use aTalent Pool.

Talent pools allow grouping across organizations, job families, or geographies.

Incorrect options:

Job Family→ groups roles, not flexible enough for reviews across diverse workers.

Supervisory Organization→ too restrictive; only covers workers within that org.

Custom Organization→ useful for grouping but not directly designed for Talent Review events.

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 scenario deals withtesting a Performance Review event that includes calibrations. Since the goals are not populating as expected, you need toreset the process correctly before fixing the configuration.

Here’s why the correct choice isMass Rescind – Start Performance Review (including subprocesses):

Rescind vs Cancel

Rescind: Completelyremoves the business process instanceand all of its subprocesses from the system as if it never occurred. This is the proper action duringtesting, because it clears the data and lets you start fresh with corrected configuration.

Cancel: Stops the process, but leaves historical records behind. This is not ideal for configuration testing, because it doesn’t fully reset the process state.

Why Start Performance Review only (not Calibration)

Calibration events are tied to performance reviews. If you rescind theperformance review, the associated calibration processes are also cleared.

If you attempt to rescind or cancel both Performance Review and Calibration separately, it can cause unnecessary complications.

Why including subprocesses

Performance Review has multiplesubprocesses(e.g., goal population, manager review, employee self-evaluation, calibration triggers).

To fully clear the faulty test run, you must include all subprocesses; otherwise, remnants of the process remain in-progress and may block future testing.

Incorrect Options Explained

A. Mass Rescind (Performance Review + Calibration, no subprocesses)→ Wrong, because calibration rescinds automatically when you rescind the review, and leaving out subprocesses creates incomplete cleanup.

C. Mass Cancel (Performance Review + Calibration, with subprocesses)→ Wrong, becauseCanceldoes not fully reset configuration testing.

D. Mass Cancel (Performance Review only, no subprocesses)→ Wrong, same reason:Cancelis insufficient, and leaving subprocesses active breaks cleanup.

References

Workday Pro Talent & Performance Study Guide – Calibration & Performance Reviews:“When testing configuration errors, rescind the performance review with all subprocesses. Do not cancel, as this preserves process history and does not allow a clean retest.”

ERP Cloud Training – Workday Performance Review & Calibration:“Rescind clears all subprocesses linked to the review, including calibration. Cancel only halts the process without fully removing it.”

Workday Community Documentation – Mass Business Process Actions:Confirms thatRescind fully clears test data, while Cancel leaves records intact.

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.

TheApplies Tofield on the Employee Review Template determines which population is eligible for the review.

To restrict the 90-Day Check-In template so that it only applies tonew hires after 90 days, you configure theApplies Tocriteria accordingly (e.g., based on hire date relative to review launch date).

Incorrect options:

Review Type→ categorizes reviews (annual, quarterly, etc.), but does not restrict worker population.

Period Start/End Dates→ define review timeframe, not eligibility rules.

Layout Override→ controls template layout, not applicability.

Formulti-rater reviews, the essential template section isFeedback.

This allows multiple reviewers to provide input on the employee, ensuring a comprehensive evaluation.

Other sections (Competencies, Questions, Goals) may be included but are not required specifically for multi-rater functionality.

Without a Feedback section, multi-rater reviews cannot function correctly.

Static Talent Poolsallowmanual addition and removalof members.

Privatemeans the pool is only visible to the creator and not shared with others.

Therefore, aPrivate Static Talent Poollets talent partners create their own pools, manage membership manually, and keep them unshared.

Incorrect options:

Dynamic Pools→ membership is controlled by saved searches, not manual additions.

Restricted Pools→ visibility is limited to certain groups but still shared, not completely private.

Add Goal To Employeesis used for bulk assigning existing goals to workers, not for creating new organizational goals.

Maintain Goal Completion Statusesis used to track and update progress, not goal creation.

Create Goal for Workerapplies only to individual workers.

Manage Organization Goalsis the correct task for a manager to create a goal at thedivision or supervisory organization leveland cascade it to their direct reports.

To prevent managers from receiving Inbox tasks during calibration, you configure theAwait Calibration Completion service stepin theComplete Manager Evaluation BP.

This holds manager evaluation tasks until calibration is finalized.

Incorrect options:

To Do step in Launch Calibration→ only provides reminders, does not prevent tasks.

Update Performance Review Ratings step→ allows updates after calibration but doesn’t prevent tasks.

Shared Participation step→ controls collaboration in calibration, not blocking Inbox tasks.

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.

When you want a performance review template with only anOverall section, the correct configuration isPrompt for Overall Rating.

This option requires the manager to provide a single overall rating without averaging or weighting items.

Other options:

Manual Entry→ applies to ratings on items, not a single overall section.

Calculated Ratings with No Overrides→ automatically calculates from section ratings (not desired here).

Calculated Ratings with Overrides→ allows calculation plus manual override, but still requires sections/items.