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      Embedded Software Engineer Interview

      Oct 18, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Dublin, Dublin
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Canonical (Dublin, Dublin) in Oct 2024

      Interview

      I applied online and received an email from the hiring manager. They asked me to write a document like an essay answering a series of questions, it ended up being 6 pages long. After sending the document, I received a technical test to solve at home. I solved it successfully and sent it. Finally, I received a "psychometric" test where you have to choose between some words and numbers in a series of exercises. It is really just an intelligence test like the ones some companies used to do ages ago. This is the first time any company has asked me to do something like this. After finishing all of these tasks over the span of around three weeks, I received an email telling me that they would not proceed with me without any other feedback. I have asked for more information but I haven't received any further emails.

      Interview questions [3]

      Question 1

      First, a really long written essay answering lots of questions about your experience, your education (university and high school for some reason) and some general context about your application.
      Answer question

      Question 2

      Technical test about linked lists
      Answer question

      Question 3

      Psychometric exercise testing your reasoning, speed with numbers...
      Answer question

      Other Embedded Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Canonical

      Embedded Software Engineer Interview

      Feb 17, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Declined offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Canonical in Jan 2025

      Interview

      Too many questions and interviews (7+ across 4 months), apparently no communication between different interviewers as they kept asking the same questions (I even had multiple interviews for the exact same topic since I was in a general track).

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How would you approach designing a software project?
      Answer question
      1

      Embedded Software Engineer Interview

      Jan 3, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Singapore
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Canonical (Singapore)

      Interview

      There was this very long essay that was required which I don’t think it is very relevant to the job that I was applying for. There’s also this personality test before the take home technical interview.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How well did you do in high school?
      Answer question

      Canonical interviews FAQs

      • Embedded Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Canonical with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 14.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Embedded Software Engineer roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Canonical overall takes an average of 51 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Canonical as a Embedded Software Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Personality test:  33%

        Skills test:  33%

        One on one interview:  17%

        IQ intelligence test:  17%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

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