Candidates applying for Graduate Software Engineer roles take an average of 61 days to get hired, when considering 4 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 Graduate Software Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 33%
Personality test: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Canonical in Mar 2025
Interview
I recently received a written interview consisting of multiple questions, covering my software engineering experience, education background, my favourite or most impactful personal project, as well as some contextual details about their company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Your favorite or best personal project
Many candidates have tackled some personal project, not because it was coursework or curriculum, but because it was very interesting to them. This might be something from scratch, or it might be a fork or contribution to a piece of open source. Don't worry if you don't have one, you can just skip this section. But if you do, please answer these questions, and we might ask you to walk us through it later.
Still in the interview process and I would say it is very difficult as it takes a long time, and still I got a very long road to cross which makes it much more harder.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic Python questions, linux questions and software architecture questions
2 rounds of interviews, one for the art and science of software engineering and another round to talk about open source and the inspiration for open source. There would also be late stage interviews, the ones I described are the early stage interviews of the process
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Motivation for open source and why you find it amazing
I applied online. I interviewed at Canonical (Bengaluru)
Interview
There is a written test where you have to list out all your achievements, and then a psychometric test. After which, if you are shortlisted, you get called for a one-on-one interview.