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%
Background check: 3%
Presentation: 3%
Group panel interview: 2%
Drug test: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Canonical in May 2021
Interview
In general, the interview process was interesting, engaging, and fair. There were multiple stages (personal essay, basic testing, a take-home coding assignment, and several in-person interviews), but all felt fair and respectful. The people on the other end were engaging and interested, and the communication throughout the process was good (I never felt left wondering what the status was).
The only negative I found was that the process was long in terms of actual calendar time from application to offer. But there was an unexpected benefit there as well: by the time they made an offer, I had spoken with ~6 different people and gotten a much better view into the corporate culture. The longer process helped me interview the company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Nothing specific stands out. Most were conversational. like stating my opinions about two programming languages I mentioned on my resume and discussing their differences
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.