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Canonical interviews FAQs
Candidates applying for Golang Software Engineer roles take an average of 15 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 Golang Software Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
IQ intelligence test: 15%
One on one interview: 15%
Skills test: 15%
Background check: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
Other: 8%
Phone interview: 8%
Drug test: 8%
Personality test: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
It was a very drawn-out process, I had 6 stages during which they will tell you how they want to hire you, and in the end they will start ignoring you and after a week of ignoring you they will say that they did not find a suitable position.
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No offer
Negative experience
Difficult interview
Application
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Canonical (Spokane, WA) in Jul 2025
Interview
Odd personal questions that have no bearing on being able to complete the task. Get a real sense they're after the "best of the best sir!" yet the pay scale is not anywhere near that demand. Just off the chain logic.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What makes you the top scoring in your high school mathematics class.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Canonical in Mar 2026
Interview
After having passed my CV, they sent me a list of questions for a written interview, along with a nice mail from a guy who were gonna be my specific contact along the process.
I spent 3 days answering all the questions then submitted my file. 15mn later, I received a rejection no-reply email. I reached to my contact to ask how I could be rejected so quickly and why and he answered that it was a mistake. 3 days later, I received the same rejection email again. I asked if it was the real rejection this time and if I could know why but never got any answer