Python Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Canonical with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 18% positive. To compare, the company-average is 14.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Python Developer roles take an average of 70 days to get hired, when considering 17 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 Python Developer according to 17 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 30%
Personality test: 21%
IQ intelligence test: 12%
Background check: 12%
One on one interview: 9%
Other: 6%
Phone interview: 6%
Group panel interview: 3%
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Worst company I interviewed for. 100% of the process is automated, I did 4 rounds of "interviews" and I never interacted with a human. The first step is to answer lots of questions that are provided in an email. Half of them are nonsense, at least for senior people. Like, how your high school classmates remember you. I didn't answer the ones I considered to be irrelevant, I guess that's why I was rejected. But nobody is going to review the answers until you spend several hours doing other tests. Programming exercises in a platform they provided, and a test that seems pretty nonsense too, with exercises like checking how fast you can find which of 3 numbers is more distant from the other two. I completed the programming exercises correctly and on time, and based on the report on the other useless skills tests, I performed better than most people in all 5 exercises. But that was irrelevant since they were wasting my time, as I could be rejected based on the first questions. Everything is optimized to save them time, even if that means you'll spend many hours with nonsense when you should already be rejected (for not wanting to answer ridiculous and irrelevant questions).
Still in the interview process and I would say it look normal process for now , I just submit the psychometric assessment and still waiting for the next stages of this process
I applied online. I interviewed at Canonical (New York, NY) in May 2026
Interview
Really long interview process - OA, Written interview, 3 technical rounds, then 3 behavioral rounds. Then a generic rejection email. The interviews were - Linux System Skills, Software Architecture, Python Pair Programming. The interviewers were really nice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
For Software Architecture, expect system design questions, how you think about distributed systems, trade-offs in architecture decisions. Linux system skills - should have clear Linux knowledge: Kernel and shell - description, Foo.sh permission denied error when running (./foo.sh) what to do to fix it, How ssh works, Container and VM - difference, OpenStack
The interview process included four stages: an initial phone screen with a recruiter, a technical phone interview covering Python fundamentals and algorithms, a live pair-programming session on a real-world task, and a final interview focused on system design and team fit. Each step lasted between 45 and 60 minutes. The interviewers asked for explanations of tradeoffs and for code clarity.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design a scalable Python microservice to handle high request volume?