J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Canonical en janv. 2020
Entretien
I was assigned a take home assignment prior to a phone screen. Upon completion of the assignment I was informed that my application had been denied.
Don't waste your time with the take home assignment, it won't guarantee a phone screen. Try to get some sort of interaction with the hiring manager prior to beginning the take home work.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Use Python to create and update a Trello card.
Perform a mock code review.
Write about a previous accomplishment you are proud of.
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Canonical (Amsterdam) en oct. 2025
Entretien
There is a long written interview, which took 3-4 pages to answer, and followed up with a matrigma test. The matrigma test is pretty basic, it consists of 4/5 different tests, they are verbal, logical, etc. I got 3 tests resulting in higher than the average, and the last 2 test results were just average.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
There are some questions related high school performance
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Canonical
Entretien
They wanted to know if my high school math grades were in the top 5% of my cohort. I went to high school 25 years ago and I don't have the transcripts anymore. I can't remember my own grades, let alone those of others in my class (?!), so how am I supposed to calculate my placing relative to my cohort?
Found the focus on high school disrespectful and dismissive of the previous 25 years of my life.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
They wanted to know my high school math grades and how they compared to those of my classmates.
After curriculum screening i had to answer to around 20 open questions about both job related and unrelated things, then many other steps (7 or 8) could have been necessary. I got rejected after this phase without explanation