How to create an iOS calendar event that repeats every weekday on your iPhone

It's not hard to create a calendar entry on your iPhone that repeats only on weekdays, but its not quite straight-forward either.

Step 1:  Create an event

Step 2: On the "Repeat" category above click on "Never" to change it.

Step 3: Change "Never" to "Every Week" above and it will pull you back to the previous page.

Step 4: On the "Repeat" category, select "Weekly"

Step 5: Now that it knows you want "Every Week", select Custom to modify it

Step 6: Then check all the work days and return by selecting "

Step 7:  Then to double-check, edit the event, and it should say "repeats weekdays", like below:

This is a little convoluted, but the easiest way I've found.  Let me know if there's a better way.