Engineering Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Canonical with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 28% positive. To compare, the company-average is 14.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Engineering Manager roles take an average of 54 days to get hired, when considering 18 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 Engineering Manager according to 18 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 18%
IQ intelligence test: 18%
Phone interview: 16%
Personality test: 14%
Skills test: 13%
Presentation: 11%
Other: 5%
Background check: 4%
Group panel interview: 2%
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I applied through other source. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Canonical (London, England) in Mar 2021
Interview
I went through what Canonical calls the "Fast Track". It's definitely a much better streamlined version of the classical interview process with both the company and the candidate actively contributing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you had the chance to change one Canonical product which one would it be and how would you change it?
Submitted resume online. Waited for one week. Then hiring lead connected me, and ask me to finished a written interview, which contains 50 questions. It took me a whole day to answer all them them.
tldr; After hours of interviews and exercises they ghost and give no feedback.
I managed to complete Canonical's "early stage" interviews - 4 one hour interviews and 4 exercises (1 written, 2 psychometric, and a coding exercise). Although I had great conversations and loved meeting everyone (best part), Canonical ghosted for 2 weeks despite reaching out to my hiring manager for any updates. When they did respond, it was the most generic email: "We are writing to let you know that we have reviewed your application. We regret to inform you that we shall not be progressing your application further for this particular role". Given the progress through the process I would've expected some correspondence or feedback, but they just send an inpersonal email.
If they provided ANY kind of feedback that would definitely get rid of the question marks. Instead, Canonical conveys that they do not care about you or the time you spent in their overly long process, even if you do make it to the further rounds.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Normal interview questions around Linux skills, software architecture, and management skill.
I applied online. I interviewed at Canonical (São Paulo, São Paulo) in Oct 2024
Interview
Long introduction. They ask to include grade ot graduation and high school and copy of you diploma. Copy of a diploma is something companies request after the offer.
Don't waste your time with this company.