I didn't make the cut for being interviewed. I come from a long, proven track record of people management . I received continuous, incredible feedback for my interpersonal and team leading skills in the past. I answered the overwhelming amount of weird questions candidly, since I skipped school a lot as a teenager (35 years ago) I could not say that I had stellar math skills at the time, which seems to be ultra super duper important at this company. Having incredible high school grades does not prove that you're a good people manager, developer or person. It will just prove that you were mature as teenager, and that you had a calm and stable family situation to study. One tip to Canonical would be to extend the recruitment process into the probation period (or first time at the company). You are most likely wasting enormous amounts of time and many missing out on great candidates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How well did your math skills compare to your peers in high school.
tldr; After hours of interviews and exercises they ghost and give no feedback.
I managed to complete Canonical's "early stage" interviews - 4 one hour interviews and 4 exercises (1 written, 2 psychometric, and a coding exercise). Although I had great conversations and loved meeting everyone (best part), Canonical ghosted for 2 weeks despite reaching out to my hiring manager for any updates. When they did respond, it was the most generic email: "We are writing to let you know that we have reviewed your application. We regret to inform you that we shall not be progressing your application further for this particular role". Given the progress through the process I would've expected some correspondence or feedback, but they just send an inpersonal email.
If they provided ANY kind of feedback that would definitely get rid of the question marks. Instead, Canonical conveys that they do not care about you or the time you spent in their overly long process, even if you do make it to the further rounds.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Normal interview questions around Linux skills, software architecture, and management skill.
I applied online. I interviewed at Canonical (São Paulo, São Paulo) in Oct 2024
Interview
Long introduction. They ask to include grade ot graduation and high school and copy of you diploma. Copy of a diploma is something companies request after the offer.
Don't waste your time with this company.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Canonical in July 2024
Interview
Awful. After submitting my CV, I was invited to take a written interview. At this point, all seemed good, there was a person assigned who could provide any information needed and when it came to completing the interview, there was no pressure to complete it in an unreasonable time frame.
The interview was 50 questions. Not multiple choice, each one requiring a written answer. So, if you allow 5 minutes for each, that's over 4 hours of effort. But of course you probably spend more to make sure you're answering clearly and succinctly.
After submitting, it didn't take long for a rejection to come, but despite all the time spent, they would not provide any feedback which I thought was pretty poor.
They did however have the nerve to ask for feedback on their process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Engagement with the Linux community and open source contributions