The interview process contains several stages. They want you to have exceptional math and language skills. After passing the initial resume skills, they give you general intelligence test. I failed from the intelligence test as it was requiring fast user response which I didn't intend to be fast so I failed in that stage.
I applied online. I interviewed at Canonical (Tacoma, WA)
Interview
Long interview process. Made it through written interview and psychometric assessment, technical assessment and 3 team interviews (software architecture and engineering skills interview, web and UI skills interview, Linux skills interview). After that there was going to be interviews with the hiring manager and senior leadership.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you had conflict with a team member.
I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Canonical in Jan 2025
Interview
Way too lengthy and cumbersome. Requires a lot of dedication and effort. They conduct at least 7 rounds of interviews. Takes months if you make it to the last stage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Written Interview, coding challenge, IQ test, 3 early stage interviews, HR interview, Hiring lead interview, and then team matching interviews
Candidates applying for Web Engineer roles take an average of 120 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Canonical overall takes an average of 51 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Canonical as a Web Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
IQ intelligence test: 25%
Personality test: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
Other: 8%
Background check: 8%
Phone interview: 8%
Drug test: 8%
Skills test: 8%
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