J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Canonical en mai 2024
Entretien
the interview process is extremely lengthy, making it seem like you're preparing for a NASA-level mission. However, once you start, the work is comparable to any mid-sized company with standard tasks. You can easily use AI to refine your responses for the extensive question list, and for around $50, you can hire someone from Discord who has taken the aptitude test multiple times to ensure above-average scores. After that, it's all up to your skills.
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Autres retours d’entretien d’embauche pour un poste comme Senior Software Engineer chez Canonical
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.