# How to fill a Workday job application faster > Create the account, use "Autofill with Resume", then check every section of My Experience by hand. The autofill often misses jobs, merges or shortens bullets and leaves skills, languages and links empty. Pick lists only accept an option you choose from the list, and skills must be selected one at a time, so typing alone does not fill them. By Arivu, founder of Shortlist. Published 2026-10-22, updated 2026-10-26. Source: https://shortlist.cruscible.com/guides/workday-application-tips Many large employers use Workday for applications, and its forms are among the longest you will meet: an account to create, five or six pages, and sections you fill one entry at a time. We spent a lot of time on Workday forms while building Shortlist's form filling. This is what we learned about filling them quickly and correctly. ## One account per company Each company runs its own Workday site, so an account with one employer does not work at another. Use the same email and a password manager. If you applied to the same company before, sign in instead of creating a new account; a second account can create a duplicate candidate record. ## "Autofill with Resume": use it, then check it On the first page Workday offers to read your resume and fill the form. It saves typing, but treat the result as a draft: - **Jobs can be missing or merged.** Check that every role is there, with the right company, title and dates. - **Descriptions are often cut or mixed.** Bullets from one job can land in another, or come through as one long line. - **Skills, languages and links are often empty**, even when your resume lists them. - **Dates may be wrong or blank,** especially for a current role. The resume layout matters. A single-column resume with clear headings is read far more accurately than a [two-column resume](/guides/two-column-resumes-ats). You can check how your resume reads with the [free ATS checker](/tools/ats-checker) before you start. ## The My Experience page This is the long page. Each section starts with one empty entry or none, and has its own **Add** button: - **Work Experience.** One entry per job, most recent first. Press Add for each further job. Tick "I currently work here" for your current role, and the end date disappears. - **Education.** One entry per degree. School and degree are often pick lists (see below). - **Languages.** One entry per language, each with its own proficiency fields. This is about languages you speak, not programming languages. - **Skills.** A search box that adds one skill at a time (see below). - **Websites / Social network URLs.** One entry per link: LinkedIn, GitHub, portfolio. - **Resume / CV.** Upload the file here even if you used autofill; some companies read the attached file, not the fields. ## Pick lists: choose, don't just type Many Workday fields look like text boxes but are pick lists: "How did you hear about us", country, degree, field of study, state. Typing text into them does nothing on its own. Click the field, type part of the answer to search, and click an option in the list that appears. If nothing matches exactly, choose the closest option (for a degree, the closest level; for a source, "Other" or the job board you used). Some pick lists have a second level: you choose a category, then an option within it. ## Skills: one at a time The Skills field searches Workday's own skill list. Type a skill, press Enter, and pick the matching entry from the results; it then appears as a chip under the field. Repeat for each skill. Choose the plain name over a narrower one ("Apache Kafka", not "Kafka Streams") unless the narrower one is what you used. If a skill is not in the list, use the closest entry or leave it for your resume. ## Dates and phone numbers - **Dates** are usually month and year, sometimes as two separate boxes. Type them as the field shows (for example 01/2024). - **Phone** usually needs a device type, a country code chosen from a list, and the number without the country code. ## The language switcher is not a question Workday pages have a language menu in the header. It changes the page's display language. It is not part of your application, and choosing an option in it can reload the form. ## Before you submit The last page is a review of everything. Read it: this is where you catch a missing job, a wrong date or an answer typed into the wrong field. Voluntary disclosure questions (such as gender or disability) are optional unless stated otherwise. Then submit. Your application then appears on the company's Candidate Home page with a status. Our guide to [application status meanings](/guides/application-status-meanings) explains what labels like "In review", "In process" and "Under consideration" usually mean. If you see "In process", check Candidate Home for a task waiting for you, such as an assessment. Other large employers use iCIMS, Taleo or SuccessFactors for the same kind of long form; our guide to [iCIMS, Taleo and SuccessFactors](/guides/icims-taleo-successfactors-application-tips) covers their quirks. ## How Shortlist handles Workday [Shortlist](/) fills Workday forms from your profile: it adds an entry for each job, degree, language and link you have, picks options from pick lists, adds skills one at a time, and attaches your resume. It stops before Submit and shows anything it could not fill, so you finish the form yourself. ## FAQ ### Why does Workday ask me to create a new account for every company? Each employer has its own Workday site with its own candidate records. An account at one company does not carry over to another. ### Why didn't "Autofill with Resume" fill everything? Workday's resume reader gets the basics from most resumes but often misses or merges entries, especially from resumes with columns, tables or unusual headings. Check each section and add what is missing. ### Why won't the "How did you hear about us" field accept my answer? It is a pick list. Type to search, then click an option. Text typed into the box without choosing an option is not saved. ### Who do I contact for help with a Workday application? The company you are applying to. Workday makes the software, but each employer runs its own Workday site and handles its own applications, so questions about your account, a missing job or your status go to that company's recruiting team, usually listed on its careers site. ### Can I save a Workday application and finish it later? Usually yes. Most Workday sites save your progress page by page under your account, so you can sign in and continue. It depends on the employer's settings.