Canonical·Software Engineer

Canonical Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

Boston, MAPosted Nov 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My journey started with an enormous amount of upfront screening, and what stood out most was how long and segmented it felt.

I remember running into a written interview with 30+ free-response questions, then moving through an IQ test and additional behavioral-style screening. After that came technical interviewing and team-oriented rounds, and the whole loop stretched across a lot of steps.

Once I finished the stages, I was left without real feedback and basically got standard messages instead of any clear guidance. The communication was so sparse that it felt like I was being processed by a system rather than reviewed by humans. Eventually, after I followed up for months, I received a vague response that sounded

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