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      Software Engineer Interview

      6 Jul 2022
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Taipei
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Canonical (Taipei) in Jun 2022

      Interview

      After I submitted the application in their website, they sent me a series questions and ask me to compose a essay to answer it. They said they expect you to spend 1-2 hours to finish it. While the most questions are quite general, like who's the competitors of Canonical? and how you think Canonical can win? something like that. And some questions are about how you were doing in College or High school. I am not a native speaker, so it took me much more time to finish it. Then they sent you a Aptitude test. I don't think it's like a intelligent test, it's more like testing your speed of some specific kind of questions. Finally, I got their reject letter. I never encountered this kind of interview that interviewer turn you down without asking any technical question.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Are you involved in open source software? Describe any significant contributions to open source (with links where possible), if any What do you think are the key ingredients of a successful open source project? Why do you most want to work for Canonical? Which other companies are building the sort of products you would like to work on? Which companies have the most interesting approach to devops and site reliability engineering? What do you think could raise the bar for site reliability engineering, globally? What do you think Canonical needs to improve in its engineering and products? Who do you think are key competitors to Canonical? How do you think Canonical should plan to win that race?
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