I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Canonical in Apr 2023
Interview
After sending my application, I received an email telling me that I had passed the initial screening stage and I needed to write a personal essay by answering ~30 questions. I found most of those questions not relevant at all to the position for example asking about high school achievement, what sort of high school student you were,...etc. After I submitted my personal essay pdf I received after 1 week an email about stopping the interview process without giving me any feedback about the reason for stopping the process. The most annoying part is that they keep pretending that their written interview provide them with an "objective" first assessment of a candidate's experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Please outline some high school achievements considered exceptional by peers and staff members.
It was a very drawn-out process, I had 6 stages during which they will tell you how they want to hire you, and in the end they will start ignoring you and after a week of ignoring you they will say that they did not find a suitable position.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Canonical in Mar 2026
Interview
After having passed my CV, they sent me a list of questions for a written interview, along with a nice mail from a guy who were gonna be my specific contact along the process.
I spent 3 days answering all the questions then submitted my file. 15mn later, I received a rejection no-reply email. I reached to my contact to ask how I could be rejected so quickly and why and he answered that it was a mistake. 3 days later, I received the same rejection email again. I asked if it was the real rejection this time and if I could know why but never got any answer
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Canonical (Spokane, WA) in July 2025
Interview
Odd personal questions that have no bearing on being able to complete the task. Get a real sense they're after the "best of the best sir!" yet the pay scale is not anywhere near that demand. Just off the chain logic.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What makes you the top scoring in your high school mathematics class.
