I applied online. I interviewed at Canonical (Lagos) in May 2023
Interview
It was a written interview, and it was the second stage out of seven stages. I didn't make it to the next stage. I don't know why, though. But the question was quite okay.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The questions were personal questions and questions in relation to open source, community management, and software development.
The written interview process is fairly ridiculous. A candidate is asked about their SAT and test scores back in high school. They are also asked about their grades in math and sciences. As someone who graduated high school in the 90's, this is comical and told me everything I needed to know about the company. No thank you.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Please state your high school graduation results or university entrance results, along with the system used, and how to understand those.
Online, speak with 2 people. They begin by asking you about your familiarity with the Canonical products and community before investigating your experience and suitability. They then conclude with any queries you may have about the posiiton.
Community Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Canonical with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 14.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Community Manager 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 Community Manager according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Personality test: 22%
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 22%
Background check: 11%
Phone interview: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
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