Corporate OverviewThird Quarter 2016

Safe HarborThis presentation includes forward-looking statements. In this presentation, the words “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “predict,” “potential” and similar expressions, as they relate to Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (“Cornerstone OnDemand” or the “Company”), business and management, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In light of the risks and uncertainties outlined below, the future events and circumstances discussed in this presentation may not occur, and actual results could differ materially from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. The Company has based these forward-looking statements largely on its current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends affecting its business. Forward-looking statements should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results, and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times at, or by, which such performance or results will be achieved. Forward-looking statements are based on information available at the date of this presentation and management’s good faith belief as of such date with respect to future events, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause such differences include, but are not limited to:

• The Company’s ability to execute its business strategies;

• The Company’s ability to accurately forecast revenue and appropriately plan its expenses;

• The accuracy of Company estimates regarding its total addressable market;

• The Company’s ability to manage growth, including additional headcount and expansion into new geographies and markets;

• The Company’s ability to attract new clients to enter into subscriptions for its solutions;

• The Company’s ability to service those clients effectively and induce them to renew and upgrade their deployments of the Company’s solutions;

• The timing and success of Company efforts to increase operational efficiency;

• The success of the Company’s strategic relationships with third parties;

• The Company’s ability to attract and retain qualified employees and key personnel;

• Changes in the competitive environment in the Company’s industry and the markets in which the Company operates;

• Continued and/or increased market acceptance of Company solutions and SaaS generally;

• The Company’s ability to innovate and introduce new and improved solutions;

• The impact of foreign exchange rates;

• The Company’s ability to protect and defend its intellectual property, as well as costs associated with such protection and defense;

• Future regulatory, judicial and legislative changes in the Company’s industry;

• Other factors discussed under “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Company’s periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this presentation. You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statement. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting future performance or results, except to the extent required by applicable laws. If the Company updates one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that it will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.

In considering investing in the Company’s securities, you should read the documents the Company has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Company. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov.

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Cornerstone Today

1999

Our Evolution16 Years Ago…

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2010

Our EvolutionThe Last Decade…

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2016

Our EvolutionToday

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7Note: User and client count figures exclude Growth Edition and Cornerstone for Salesforce.

CLIENTS

2,700+USERS

26M+COUNTRIES

191LANGUAGES

42OFFICES

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San Francisco

Santa Monica

Sunnyvale

Sao Paulo

MadridParis

LondonAmsterdam

Stockholm

DusseldorfMunich

Tel Aviv

Bangalore

MumbaiHong Kong

Tokyo

Sydney

Auckland

Today with Global Reach…

As of June 30, 2016

New Delhi

Acquired by

Acquired by

Acquired by

Acquired by

Acquired by

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…and an Organically-Grown Core Suite

Cornerstone is the Talent Management Leader

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Niche Players Visionaries

Challengers Leaders

Magic Quadrant for Talent Management Suites

Lumesse

COMPLETENESS OF VISION

ABI

LITY

TO E

XEC

UTE

Source: Gartner (August 2015)

Deltek (HRsmart)

Technomedia

Haufe PeopleFluentSumTotal

Halogen Software

Saba

Oracle (Talent Management Cloud)

SAP (SuccessFactors)

Talentsoft

Bolstered by Tier One Global Partners

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Select Alliances

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x

The Ability to Integrate with Everyone

OVER TIME, MORE PEOPLE + MORE TO SELL

LEARNING

PERFORMANCE

RECRUITING

ANALYTICS

Now with More People with More to Sell

Strong Results

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$11.0 $19.6

$29.3 $46.6

$75.5

$117.9

$185.1

$263.6

$339.7

$0

$50

$100

$150

$200

$250

$300

$350

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

$15.0 $24.9

$34.5

$60.9

$97.6

$154.3

$231.7

$316.1

$400.5

$0

$60

$120

$180

$240

$300

$360

$420

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

(in millions) (in millions)

Revenue Bookings

Growing ASPs Across All Geographies

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+48%

+15%

+44%

North America Europe,

Middle East & Africa

Asia Pacific

Note: ASP values reflect year-over-year growth for FY2015.

Growth Across All Metrics

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$11.0$19.6

$29.3$46.6

$75.5

$117.9

$185.1

$263.6

$339.7

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Revenue Growth

105 168

280

481

805

1,237

1,631

2,153

2,595

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Client Growth

0.92.1

3.3

4.9

7.5

10.6

14.0

18.1

23.8

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

User Growth(in millions) (in millions)

Note: User and client count figures exclude Growth Edition and Cornerstone for Salesforce.

Clear Path to Profitability

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$(2.5) $(2.0)

$3.1 $1.8

$12.5 $14.9

$27.0

($10)

$0

$10

$20

$30

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016E

(in millions)

-21.9%

-17.3%

-14.9%

-7.5% -6.9% -6.7%

0.1%

-25%

-15%

-5%

5%

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016E

Free Cash Flow

Non-GAAP Net Loss Margin

Note: Historical values have been restated to reflect updated definitions of recently published SEC guidance. 2016E values reflect the latest issued guidance. 2016E non-GAAP net loss margin uses the

midpoint of the revenue guidance range.

Long-Term Margin Improvement

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2015 Improvement 2018E

Gross Margin 72% 2-3% 74-75%

S&M (% of Rev.) 54% 10-14% 40-44%

R&D (% of Rev.) 10% - 10%

G&A (% of Rev.) 12% 2% 10%

Operating Margin -4% 14%+ 10%+

Free Cash Flow Margin 4% 12%+ 16%+

Note: All values are non-GAAP metrics.

Our OpportunityMarching to $1 Billion

Work is Changing

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WHO

WHAT

WHERE

WHEN

HOW

The Market Need is Real

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Thuy Sindell & Milo Sindell June 15, 2016

Why Leadership Development Needs to

Be Updated

Bruce Pfau| April 17, 2016

What Do Millennials Really Want at Work? The Same Things the Rest of Us Do

Heather Clancy | May 11, 2016

What Your HR Data Can Tell You About Your

Business

Ian Davies| March 17, 2016

Three Ways Technology is Transforming Talent Management in 2016

Sramana Mitra | July 5, 2016

The Future of Work:Utopia or Dystopia?

The Market is HUGE

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26MUSERS

ADDRESSABLE MARKET

$31B

91MEST. USERS

CURRENT MARKET

400MADDRESSABLE SEATS

CORNERSTONE

Source: Adapted from Gartner, IDC, US Census Bureau

Opportunities Abound

ü Continued Core Market Sales

ü Global Expansion

ü Market Segmentation

ü Vertical Opportunity

ü Installed Base Opportunity

ü Extended Enterprise

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Accelerating Client Traction

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2003-2005 2010 2012 20142008

2009 2011 2013 20152006-2007

Key Client Additions

12 21 44 73 105 168280

481805

1,2371,631

2,153

2,595

0400800

1,2001,6002,0002,4002,800

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Expanded Global Footprint

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Europe, Middle East & Africa

Select Notable Clients Select Notable Clients

JAPAN CHINA

AUSTRALIA

JAPAN

INDIACHINA

Asia Pacific

SWITZERLAND SPAIN

NETHERLANDSFRANCEUNITED KINGDOM

GERMANY

8 29OFFICES LANGUAGES EST. USERS

7 9 2MOFFICES LANGUAGES EST. USERS

7M

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Purpose-built talent management solution for Growing Businesses• Mobile ready

• Self configurable

• 3 hour deployment

• Bundled training

Growth Edition for Small Business

HAVE 2+ MODULES

Approximately

70%

Installed Base Penetration

2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+

2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+

3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 3+

3+ 3+ 3+

HAVE 3+ MODULES

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2+

Approximately

40%

Installed Base Opportunity

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0

250

500

750

1,000

1,250

1,500

1,750

2,000

2,250

2,500

2,750

Learning Performance Recruiting Analytics

Existing Client Penetration Client Opportunity

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Four key pillars, each a suite, and half of it GREENFIELD

Calculated based on 2,730 clients with approximately 9,600 users on average

60% penetration

among other

products results in

incremental $800M+

opportunity

Extended Enterprise Opportunity

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Engage & enable the entire ecosystem

• Training for profit

• Partner enablement

• Customer engagement

• Crowdsourcing

The FutureBeyond 2016

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üFIRST to the Cloud

üFIRST to do Integrated Talent Management

üFIRST to include SocialNetworking in TalentManagement

üFIRST to do client success management

üFIRST to understand consumerization of the enterprise

üFIRST to integrate full machine learning

Cornerstone is Visionary

Cornerstone has “Massive Data”

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Userü Positionü Previous Positionü Educationü Skillsü Certificationsü Accomplishmentsü Languagesü Organizationü Preferences

Collaborationü Connectionsü Live Feed (Status)ü Feedbackü Actionsü Snapshotü Teamsü Discussionsü Badgesü Likesü Comments

Talent Organizationü Transcriptü Performanceü Skills ü Goalsü Assessmentsü Dev Plansü Successionü Compensationü Applicantsü Applicant Status

ü Industryü Business Unitü Departmentü Divisionü Regionü Groupsü Hierarchiesü Cost Centerü Gradeü Location

26.3M USERS | 191 COUNTRIES | DECADE OF DATA

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REPORT

Cornerstone Reporting

Standard & custom reports embedded

with Cornerstone

DISCOVER

Cornerstone View

Highly visual dashboards that can easily slice/ dice

talent information

PLAN

Cornerstone Planning

Big data solution for workforce planning

PREDICT

Cornerstone Insights

Predictive analytics for managing

talent decisions

Cornerstone Analytics

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IMPORT INTEGRATE

Edge Import

Easily map and load data into Cornerstone

Edge Integrate

Easy build & manage integrations with 3rd-party apps

BUILD

Edge Build

Create new apps using Edge APIs & developer tools

The Power of Platform

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Multi-tenant REST APIs Mobile-Ready

Cornerstone Apps Partner Apps Custom AppsOne unified suite to recruit, train, develop, & connect

employees

Marketplace of apps integrated & embedded within

Cornerstone

Client-specific applications designed & built by clients

or partners

Thank You!