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%
Presentation: 3%
Background check: 3%
Group panel interview: 2%
Drug test: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Canonical in Sep 2023
Interview
After sending my CV they sent me a "written interview" of no less then *100 QUESTIONS AND SUBQUESTIONS*. These in-depth questions dig deep into my career of 10+ years and include: - Completely irrelevant questions such as "How did you rank in your final year of high school in languages and the arts" - Too broad questions like "What kinds of software projects have you worked on before? Which operating systems, development environments, languages, databases?" Having 10+ years of experience at 5 different companies, I can't possibly sum it all up in one question. That's what the CV is for. - Strange questions like "Who are Canonical's key competitors, and how should Canonical set about winning?" or "What would you most want to change about Canonical?" How would I know? I am not working for them This written interview is ridiculous, time-consuming, and an utter disrespect of my time. I obviously withdrew my application.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe your experience with large-scale IT operations, SAAS, or other running services, in a devops or IS or system administration capacity Describe the daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly habits you expect in a well-run software engineering team, for individuals and the team
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.