Canonical·Software Engineer

Canonical Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

CanadaPosted Aug 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My experience started with a written interview and then quickly turned into a lot of rounds.

I went through more than ten interview steps, and it kept stretching out with repeated themes—people would tell me it was the final stage and then there would be yet another round after that. The conversations themselves were filled with generic questions in different formats, so even though the interviewers were engaged, the journey didn’t feel like it was narrowing down to a clear evaluation.

At points I was told I was close to the end, but the process kept restarting emotionally: more calls, more questionnaires, and more of the same style of prompts. Eventually it reached the stage

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