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      Site Reliability Engineer Interview

      Mar 6, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Canonical (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2024

      Interview

      The interview process begins with an initial resume screening, followed by an assessment stage. During the assessment, they ask both general and technical questions and expect a response within two weeks.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How are you involved in open source software?
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      Other Site Reliability Engineer Interview Reviews for Canonical

      Site Reliability Engineer Interview

      Jun 11, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Canonical

      Interview

      No bad comments at all, it was overall a good and fair interview process. The written interview is a little tedious though and it is honestly a very long process.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      They asked about high school, college, previous experience.
      Answer question

      Site Reliability Engineer Interview

      Jan 16, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Canonical in Jan 2025

      Interview

      The process was lengthy and disrespectful, spanning over two months, only to end in rejection. It began with resume screening, followed by a written test covering over 20 questions, ranging from high school knowledge to work experience. Next was a psychometric test to assess aptitude, and then a DevSkiller programming test with two coding questions. I was scheduled for three interviews focused on operational skills, Python skills, and general skills. Additionally, I was assigned a separate task to analyze and understand unfamiliar code involving Juju, Charms, and LXD.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      You will be asked to walk us through the RabbitMQ server charm code and explain its implementation in regard to the clustering of individual RabbitMQ Juju units.
      Answer question

      Site Reliability Engineer Interview

      Oct 2, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Ottawa, ON
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Canonical (Ottawa, ON) in Sep 2024

      Interview

      Interview process was time consuming just to send a rejection later. Very worst interview Didn't had face to face interview during the whole one month interview process no point of asking about school marks and school achievements if they need someone strong in technical

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      About school marks and achivements
      Answer question

      Jobs at Canonical

      129 jobs in United States
      Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer
      London, England
      ·
      £70K - £98K /yr
      (Glassdoor est.)
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      Senior Site Reliability Engineer
      Manchester, England
      ·
      £56K - £79K /yr
      (Glassdoor est.)
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      Site Reliability Engineering Manager
      Douglas, Scotland
      ·
      £56K - £78K /yr
      (Glassdoor est.)
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      Open Source Networking Software Engineer - ToR Switch / SmartNIC / DPU
      Douglas, Scotland
      ·
      £41K - £74K /yr
      (Glassdoor est.)
      View job
      Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure
      Douglas, Scotland
      ·
      £47K - £67K /yr
      (Glassdoor est.)
      View job
      View all Site Reliability Engineer Jobs

      Canonical interviews FAQs

      • Site Reliability Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Canonical with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 13% positive. To compare, the company-average is 14.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Site Reliability Engineer roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 8 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 Site Reliability Engineer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:

        IQ intelligence test:  21%

        Personality test:  21%

        Skills test:  14%

        Other:  14%

        One on one interview:  14%

        Phone interview:  7%

        Group panel interview:  7%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Software Engineer(96) ;
        2. Engineering Manager(20) ;
        3. Sales Development Representative (SDR)(14) ;
        4. Senior Software Engineer(12) ;
        5. Sales(11) ;
        6. Director(8) ;
        7. Manager(8) ;
        8. Product Manager(8) ;
        9. Technical Support Engineer(8) ;
        10. Software Developer(6) ;
        11. Software Engineer I(6) ;
        12. Project Manager(5) ;
        13. Sales Executive(5) ;
        14. Cloud Operations Engineer(4) ;
        15. Engineer(4) .


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