Canonical·Software Engineer

Canonical Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

PortugalPosted Dec 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

Right after I applied, my process leaned heavily into long, personal written questions that ended up spending way too much time on high school details, even though the job posting required a degree.

I had to sit with a long form that felt padded with irrelevant prompts before I was ever allowed to talk to a recruiter. It was draining enough that it genuinely made me question whether anyone would read what I wrote.

After the essay-style portion, I was pushed into additional psychometric-style testing, including an IQ test that felt outdated and disconnected from the role. From there, the sequence moved into more structured assessments and technical discussion rounds, including interviews with people on different teams and a final step that involved a manager. I got far enough that I was

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