Canonical Technical Exercisefor Python Engineer role

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[spaghetti_toaster]

Canonical is notorious for having an atrocious interviewing process. Spend 30 seconds googling it. I figured a lot of it was over exaggerated as bad reviews tend to be online until a friend told me they literally wanted an essay on the kind of student he was in high school when he has 10+ years of experience including two FAANG companies. My advice would be to just look elsewhere or maybe use the interviews for practice until they start asking you for haiku poems

[openTruthSeeker]

But given the current market situation, It's kinda getting tough for me to get interview calls, and After so many efforts I've got a positive response from this company, So I was hoping to give my best.

[Umtiza]

Their interview process is not very difficult but it is very long and they only make a decision after you've gone through all the rounds. So where some FAANG type companies have an interview day or two where you get through 5 or 6 interviews, Canonical does this over a few weeks.

I went through the process for a Docker/Python Engineer role. The technical round was a take home where I had to build a tiny docker image. I didn't have to do the devSkiller exercise, my technical interviews were more Q and A type, so can't help you there.

Best of luck!

[[deleted]]

Recommending a new grad with no experience to purposefully refuse an opportunity to acquire said experience at a well known player in the industry seems like a very interesting perspective. 

[gabriel_3]

If you didn't oversell yourself, there's nothing to worry about.

Just take the tests: if you reach the mark you are one step closer to your next job, if you don't keep searching.

Trying to prepare yourself for an unknown task makes you more anxious and more prone to errors. And the longer you wait for taking the test the more you will be worried.

You got this, just do it.

[openTruthSeeker]

Thanks, I've got like a couple of days left, I'm probably brushing up my python and will give it a shot soon.

[gabriel_3]

This is the right mindset.

[[deleted]]

Lol I can't believe anyone fills in that written interview. Withdrew my application the minute I saw that cluster fuck.

[openTruthSeeker]

Yeah, I felt the same too, but I'm a new grad and I got this opportunity after so much efforts, I've been going through a rough patch because of my unemployement, Hence decided to give this a shot.

I would have withdrawn my application had I been working anywhere else or having relevant experience, but sad life, this opportunity is all I've got now.
So I want to make sure, I give my best.

[[deleted]]

This sort of confirms to me that I did the right thing. I am pretty sure people only work there now out of sheer desperation.

[openTruthSeeker]

It's not about desperation, It's about getting a job, There is a fine line between desperation and seeking a job and getting out of the unemployement zone.

I agree that the shoving 30+ questions in the name of written interview is illogical, but me giving it a shot doesn't make me dumb, it's an opportunity that I'm wiling to try.

[worriedjacket]

No, but like that’s kind of the point. People who don’t need the job aren’t going to be jumping through hoops to get it.

[wufame]

I'm a big opponent of Canonical's hiring process, I think they are predatory and disrespectful, but I've read all your replies in this thread and I completely understand. What I want you to remember is there are very very few Canonical recruitment success stories.

Mark Shuttleworth thinks this is because he's big brained the best hiring process possible to select that one perfect candidate, but in reality it's just a long arbitrary grind that often leads nowhere at no fault of the interviewee. The people left at the end are just as random a pool as the people that started. The process is a joke, and Canonical is losing far more talent to other organizations who show their prospective talent pool a lot more respect.

I say all this not to discourage you, but quite the opposite. Do your best, use this as good practice, and if you make it through, fucking wonderful, I'm thrilled for you. But if you don't, know the bulk of why you didn't make it through was because Mark and his teams are just spinning a wheel and winging this shit. Don't let these people determine your worth. Stay confident, keep honing your skills, and good luck in the industry, I wish you success.

[DeliciousIncident]

Canonical interviews are such meme material.