Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Canonical with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 16% positive. To compare, the company-average is 14.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 53 days to get hired, when considering 154 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Canonical overall takes an average of 51 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Canonical as a Software Engineer according to 154 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 19%
Personality test: 19%
IQ intelligence test: 17%
One on one interview: 16%
Phone interview: 12%
Other: 7%
Presentation: 3%
Background check: 3%
Group panel interview: 2%
Drug test: 1%
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Huge time sink, they won't tell you why they reject you. Went through an essay, a bunch of tests, and a really unresponsive recruiter. Honestly, not even worth trying to apply unless they fix up their process.
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Question 1
A whole bunch of high school questions, then some weird questions comparing their development practices to other companies.
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?