Software Developer 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 Developer 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 Developer 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. I interviewed at Canonical (London, England) in Jul 2022
Interview
The worst experience I ever had with a company. I had to answer five pages of weird questions and then take a psychometric assessment. After that, I just received an e-mail saying we would not move forward. I still have no clue what happened. I wasted around 3-5 hours on this. Try not to waste your time by avoiding this.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did you fare in high school mathematics, physical sciences and computing? Which were your strengths and which most enjoyable? How did you rank, competitively, in these subjects?
What sort of high school student were you? What would your high school peers remember you for, if we asked them?
In languages and the arts at high school, what were your strongest subjects and how did you rank in those among your school peers?
Please outline some high school achievements considered exceptional by peers and staff members.
Which degree and university did you choose, and why?
What did you enjoy most about your time at university?
Which university courses did you perform best at? How did you rank in your degree?
Outside of class, what were your interests and where did you spend your time?
What did you achieve at university that you consider exceptional?
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.