I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Canonical in Nov 2022
Interview
I will not describe the process since people have described it many times.
I will just say that after 5 months and many many interviews I finished them all and was waiting for an interview. Then I was informed that the role was eliminated in my timezone and if I was interested for a very different role, that probably noone was interested in, that as a bonus included 2 more interviews.
So much wasted time for a role that never existed...
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Canonical in Jan 2026
Interview
I understand they are looking for a very specific type of profile. It's just not for me and after a long form with 30+ questions, some of then about my teenage years hobbies or my grades in school, and a intelligence tests consisting on sesame street knowledge like "Peter is taller than Jenny. Who is shorter?" i just withdraw, if that is the respect they have for candidate time i am not a good fit for their culture.
Long process, took a lot of time to complete so-called "written interview", talking about your academic performance during high school and college, which is hated by most people.
Interviewers are kind, however, it sucks when the interview process takes you 40+ days to get a rejection email.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find the position of matched bytes in a large data memory
It was lengthy. There is the well-known written interview, followed by a basic programming test. Lots and lots of Google Meet interviews. Many of the interviewers asked the same questions. A panel interview would have been a lot better.
