Canonical·Software Engineer

Canonical Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

Calgary, ABPosted May 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview process stretched out for months, and what stood out most was how little interaction I had with actual people during a large chunk of it.

It took about two months before I was rejected, even though I never really got into a conversation phase early on. Instead, I went through a written, take-home style coding challenge, along with an intelligence assessment. Communication was mostly limited to emails sent by the process owner, and it felt like I was waiting in silence.

When I did finally reach the speaking parts, the remaining steps were still structured and multi-stage—behavioral and technical elements layered across rounds. I remember making it through all the rounds they had lined up, only to be rejected at the end of the

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