J'ai postulé via un recruteur. J'ai passé un entretien chez Canonical en déc. 2023
Entretien
I've been through dozens of interviews the last 20 years (including FAANG with and without offers) but this one takes the cake for being one of the most inefficient and disrespectful.
I got rejected, that's absolutely fine, it always happens for so many reasons. What really is astonishing to me is how many hours they expect candidates to commit, even when it seems clear for them early on that they are not moving forward.
And the psychology tests is completely out of touch with the real world. Introducing these artificial obstacles does not translate to top-tier
engineers. I'm glad to know now what they value, because that explains their low rating of 3.3 stars given by their employees.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Which one of the 3 words is the odd one? Left Right Yellow
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.