* Initial resume screening
* Written Interview (about 30 questions)
* Psychometric assessment
* Technical, management and HR interviews
I stopped after 1st human interview because it became clear that the job would not match my expectations.
Interview questions [12]
Question 1
What kinds of software projects have you worked on before? Which operating
systems, development environments, languages, databases?
Outline your thoughts on open source software development. What is impor-
tant to get right in open source projects? What open source projects have you
worked on? Have you been an open source maintainer, on which projects,
and what was your role?
Describe your experience building large systems with many services - web
front ends, REST APIs, data stores, event processing and other kinds of in-
tegration between components. What are the key things to think about in
regard to architecture, maintainability, and reliability in these large systems?
How comprehensive would you say your knowledge of a Linux distribution is,
from the kernel up? How familiar are you with low-level system architecture,
runtimes and Linux distro packaging? How have you gained this knowledge?
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.
Canonical interviews FAQs
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:
Skills test: 19%
Personality 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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