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      Kernel Developer Interview

      6 Jan 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Canonical

      Interview

      A long written interview, followed by 3 schedulled calls. A long and tiring process to ultimately get ghosted. The more technical interviews (regarding OS) was quite a pleasant and enjoyable experience, but the python interview was heavily focused on trick questions and unneccessary details.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Hierarchy in python and how inheritence works
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      Other Kernel Developer interview reviews for Canonical

      Kernel Developer Interview

      14 Apr 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Nairobi
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Canonical (Nairobi)

      Interview

      Detailed but long. At first they may ask you questions concerning educational background eg highschool and uni. I found the highschool bit to be odd. Later parts of the interview are moderately technical and straightfoward. Having contributed to canonical open-src projects is a big plus

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How would you criticize Canonical's technical decisions that you know of?
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      Kernel Developer Interview

      11 Aug 2023
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Canonical

      Interview

      Il faul écrire un article sur toi-même, en répondant dizaines de questions sur les expériences, meme si elles sont déjà dans ton CV. Il y a aussi un test de caractéristique, qui est trop long et sans sens.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What kinds of software projects have you worked on before? Which operating systems, development environments, languages, databases? That is not a checklist, just some suggestions of what to describe you have worked with. Would you describe yourself as a high quality coder? Why? Would you describe yourself as an architect of resilient software? If so, why, and in which sorts of applications? What software products have you yourself lead which shipped many releases to multiple customers? What was your role?
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