As you may have gathered from other accounts here, this was the most absurdly protracted interview process I have ever experienced. From start to finish this process took over 6 months! The essay they want you to write asks all sorts of strange questions, including details about your time in school. I don't object to the psychometric and IQ-like tests, and the take-home exercise was fairly open-ended but not too dissimilar from other interview tasks I have done in the past. The interviews themselves were fine. After interviews spanning 3 months, including an HR interview where salaries were discussed (the figure I quoted was equal to my current salary, and the HR representative seemed a little taken aback), I emailed after two weeks of waiting and was told the position was now closed. Nearly a month later I was contacted and told the position had apparently opened up and that they wanted to proceed with the final interviews. I took this as a positive sign and proceeded. The final interview seemed to go well, and I was told I would be contacted within a week with a decision. Two weeks later I followed up by email and was told they were still interviewing candidates. A few weeks later I had still had no contact and had pretty much given up on them. Today, three months later, I receive an email informing me that the position has been closed and that this "bears no reflection on your resume and experience". Needless to say, I was not impressed by this interview process. Canonical seem to not only be wasting candidates' time with their disorganised and inefficient process, but their own time as well. I recommend they rethink the way they are doing things to eliminate unsuitable candidates earlier in the process for everyone's sake.