Canonical·Software Engineer

Canonical Software Engineer interview experience

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ItalyPosted Dec 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first stage started with questions about my technical background and why I wanted to work for the company.

After that, there was a logic-based round delivered through an external platform, and then I moved into a coding exercise that I completed asynchronously.

Even with the process following a clear order, it still felt tedious and long. I remember thinking that the company didn’t seem fully aligned on what the process was measuring across the ten-round stretch I experienced, and it added up to a lot of effort without a good sense of momentum.

By the time I got far enough to complete multiple rounds, I didn’t feel confident that the process had clear internal logic—more like a chain of

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