I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Canonical in Apr 2026
Interview
The interview process has been long, but a good way to reflect and express on my professional and technical achievements. On the written interview they asked a lot of questions, and some, like those about high-school grades seemed pointless to me, but there were also lots of good questions that really made me think what I want to focus on my career and employment at Canonical.
Other Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Canonical
It's an extremely long process that includes standardized tests, take home assignments, and several rounds of interviews. It was at least 5 rounds long and you interview across different teams.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Canonical (London, England)
Interview
They have a really long, tiring interview process. The first round was a written interview where I had to answer like 15 questions. Then a coding interview with 1 hour time that I could do anytime for 2 weeks. Then I had to take a personality test and they totally ghosted me.
I applied online. I interviewed at Canonical in May 2026
Interview
The written part was unnecessarily long and the coding interview didn't give any feedback but the questions were fair. Online IDE was a bit slow. Some information multiple choice questions were not things that measure competency.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Which ones below are not included in standard python libraries?