Web Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Canonical with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 14.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Web Developer roles take an average of 53 days to get hired, when considering 28 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 Web Developer according to 28 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 25%
IQ intelligence test: 21%
Personality test: 21%
One on one interview: 13%
Phone interview: 8%
Background check: 6%
Group panel interview: 2%
Other: 2%
Presentation: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Canonical in Jun 2023
Interview
Lengthy, robotic, interview process. Asking questions that are not applicable which I'm not even sure why they need to know? Asking questions like "what type of high school student where you?". It was over 20 years ago!
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.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A high volume of basic school and college-level academic questions during the initial stage.
I applied online. I interviewed at Canonical (Seoul) in Apr 2026
Interview
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.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
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.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
High school performance, working style, project experience