J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Canonical en juin 2023
Entretien
This is one of the worst interview processes in my career. They will ask you to write an essay literally, full of behavior questions tracing back to your high school (why???), like how did you do in Math and Physics; What are your favorite subjects? I wonder if they really need a senior dev or just a new graduate. Expect to spend 6+ hours answering those meaningless questions. After this, there is a "standardised aptitude assessment" to test if you are a normal person. "The GIA measures reasoning, perceptual speed, number speed & accuracy, word meaning, and spatial visualisation." Preparing to waste another hour on this, and asking yourself why I am doing this.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Q: What are your favorite subjects in high school?
J'ai postulé via une agence de recrutement. J'ai passé un entretien chez Canonical en janv. 2026
Entretien
I understand they are looking for a very specific type of profile. It's just not for me and after a long form with 30+ questions, some of then about my teenage years hobbies or my grades in school, and a intelligence tests consisting on sesame street knowledge like "Peter is taller than Jenny. Who is shorter?" i just withdraw, if that is the respect they have for candidate time i am not a good fit for their culture.
Long process, took a lot of time to complete so-called "written interview", talking about your academic performance during high school and college, which is hated by most people.
Interviewers are kind, however, it sucks when the interview process takes you 40+ days to get a rejection email.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Find the position of matched bytes in a large data memory
It was lengthy. There is the well-known written interview, followed by a basic programming test. Lots and lots of Google Meet interviews. Many of the interviewers asked the same questions. A panel interview would have been a lot better.