The recruitment process is excessively long and completely lacks human contact. Moving through numerous anonymous stages without a proper interview makes it impossible to evaluate the opportunity effectively. The company needs to introduce real interaction much earlier in their hiring pipeline.
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A high volume of basic school and college-level academic questions during the initial stage.
As we all know, the interview process can feel long from the moment you get that first email. I completed the text interview, the coding tests, and the problem-solving assessments 🤔. Interesting or not — you decide. The interviews with the team were pleasant; I guess it depends, but mine were 3/3 positive experiences. I didn’t get an offer, but I’m thinking of applying again in six months..
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To be honest, I thought it would be more like an architectural interview where I’d be drawing app structures on a whiteboard. But instead, it was more along the lines of: Tell me about your projects, your achievements, your goals. What would you do in this situation? Why do you use this instead of that? What would you do differently now?
I applied online. I interviewed at Canonical (Seoul) in Apr 2026
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There were many steps in the process, and it required high school grades and a long written interview.
Even when applying, I had to submit an application consisting of a large amount of writing, but for the written interview, I had to answer 14 questions.
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Please briefly explain your thoughts on open source software development. If you have experience as an open source project manager, could you describe the scope of your contributions to that project?
Written interview including high school performance. After that, I took an online assessment (coding) and a personality test. The recruiter sent me an email about arranging the first person-to-person interview. But after an hour, I received a rejection email.
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High school performance, working style, project experience