Canonical·Software Engineer

Canonical Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

CanberraPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My hiring journey started the usual way: my resume got screened, then I moved into a heavy assessment stage.

I ran through a written interview that was exhaustive, and it blended academics and personal background with motivation and deep technical context—things like databases, Kubernetes, Python, and cloud operations. After that, I took a psychometric test (including a GIA-style component with reasoning and speed/word-meaning style sections).

Even though I felt I performed well across the technical parts, the experience turned frustrating after the assessment. I remember being asked for lots of details and filling out long-form questions—so many that it honestly felt like the process had a lot of

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