I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Canonical in Aug 2022
Interview
The full interview process took 2 months. As the other reviews have stated, this is an extremely laborious interview. I actually made it 2 steps further than the other review and still ended up being rejected in the end.
I was interviewing for a "Senior Software Engineer - Go" position in the USA.
There were 9 steps in total:
* Written essay about your life, job experience, and why you want to work for Canonical.
* Psychological test - Thomas GIA.
* Meet and greet with one of the team members.
* 1 hour coding challenge in Go.
* 1 hour discussion about Linux and Kubernetes.
* HR call.
* Take home project to build a data processor in Go.
* Management interview.
* A review of the take home project.
None of them felt particularly different from other companies (except the psychological test). They were only able to schedule about 1 interview step per week which is why the whole process took so long.
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Other Senior Software Engineer interview reviews for Canonical
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Canonical in Jan 2026
Interview
I understand they are looking for a very specific type of profile. It's just not for me and after a long form with 30+ questions, some of then about my teenage years hobbies or my grades in school, and a intelligence tests consisting on sesame street knowledge like "Peter is taller than Jenny. Who is shorter?" i just withdraw, if that is the respect they have for candidate time i am not a good fit for their culture.
Long process, took a lot of time to complete so-called "written interview", talking about your academic performance during high school and college, which is hated by most people.
Interviewers are kind, however, it sucks when the interview process takes you 40+ days to get a rejection email.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find the position of matched bytes in a large data memory
It was lengthy. There is the well-known written interview, followed by a basic programming test. Lots and lots of Google Meet interviews. Many of the interviewers asked the same questions. A panel interview would have been a lot better.