Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Canonical with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 16% positive. To compare, the company-average is 14.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 53 days to get hired, when considering 155 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 Software Engineer according to 155 Glassdoor interviews include:
Personality test: 19%
Skills test: 19%
IQ intelligence test: 17%
One on one interview: 16%
Phone interview: 12%
Other: 7%
Presentation: 3%
Background check: 3%
Group panel interview: 2%
Drug test: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Canonical in Mar 2017
Interview
I received an email to speak with the recruiter about the position. This was a non-technical phone conversation. I was told that I should expect an email back that day or the following day from the hiring manager to set up a time to conduct a more technical interview. After not hearing back for three days, I sent a follow-up email to the recruiter to get an update on when I should receive an email from the hiring manager. I understand that people are busy things can get pushed back but was just looking for an update. The recruiter responded back very apologetic and told me the team was considering internal employees first for the position and are not ready to make an outside hire.
If you are not looking to make an outside hire, then why post the job AND contact applicants? It was a complete waste of time for everyone involved. With that said, the recruiter was awesome and responded very promptly and professionally.
Brutally long and difficult. They take their time so only apply if you have time and are dedicated to open source tech.
That being said they are very communicative so if you have any questions its not such a black box.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They'll ask for specific niche aspects of coding languages to check if you actually use them day to day.
It's an extremely long process that includes standardized tests, take home assignments, and several rounds of interviews. It was at least 5 rounds long and you interview across different teams.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Canonical (London, England)
Interview
They have a really long, tiring interview process. The first round was a written interview where I had to answer like 15 questions. Then a coding interview with 1 hour time that I could do anytime for 2 weeks. Then I had to take a personality test and they totally ghosted me.