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      Software Engineer Interview

      3 Nov 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Declined offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Canonical in Jul 2021

      Interview

      SLOW. An interview step every 2 weeks, 11 interview steps in total. From writing an essay, doing a IQ test, psychometric test, take-home test, tech interviews, culture.. At each step I had to describe my background, story, and experience from scratch, as it was evident they did not read my CV, or the essay. First 2-3 culture "generic" interviews were with random people who did not even know the role I was interviewing for.. so totally useless. Moreover all their job ads mention lots of different techs, while the real role does not. You might have applied for a role mentioning cloud devops and end up interviewing for a role all about packaging software for their APT repos and Snaps. I interviewed for 2 different roles that both mentioned open source, while the truth I discovered during the tech interview is that I would work on closed source projects Tech interview was random. Random questions, and they want you to have experience in their tech stack and frameworks (do not apply for a role using Flask if you used different frameworks). In the end I was offered a low salary, not on par with other remote companies, and the minimum amount of PTO possible. Like the absolute minimum that is legal in your country. (I am european, and they offered 20 days while I am getting 35 now). It is possible to negotiate and you should do so, especially the PTO

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