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Canonical Software Engineer interview experience

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AdelaidePosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a very long sequence that started with a written interview and then moved into more basic programming-style testing.

What surprised me was how much repetition there was once I was in the video rounds; I kept hearing the same kinds of questions from different interviewers, and at times it felt like I was re-answering my story instead of progressing.

At multiple points the questions turned personal in a way that didn’t feel tightly connected to engineering. I remember prompts that asked me about how people remembered me back in high school, and there was also a questionnaire format that required answering about my life in detail—long enough that it felt like I might need family input to get it right. The

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