I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Canonical (Boston, MA) in Jan 2024
Interview
Demoralizing and unnecessarily long and detailed. 30+ free response questions, IQ test, behavioral test, technical interviews, behavioral interview, team interviews, then promptly ghosted. Following up months later finally yielded a response that amounted to "waiting for a spot for you". Not sure what the interview was for if there were no spots for me. Could just say 'No'.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Difference between soft (symbolic) link and hard link?
Overall 6-8 rounds took around 5months.
Software Architecture interview : gave me some scenario about software development and asked me about what I would do, what tech stacks I would use, how would I manage a project, my open source contributions, agile vs waterfall etc. and other software development practices
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
My experiences.
Software Architecture interview : gave me some scenario about software development and asked me about what I would do, what tech stacks I would use, how would I manage a project, my open source contributions, agile vs waterfall etc. and other software development practices
Terrible experience on so many levels. I wrote an 10 page essay and got rejected. Second interview is an automated leetcode style question. Never got past to the third step.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Canonical (Nairobi) in Apr 2026
Interview
The interview was quite accomodating since the first written interview was for 2 weeks. The second one was for 1 month giving time to do them. It is not suitable for someone seeking for a job in the next one week, month or two