I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Canonical (Singapore) in Jun 2025
Interview
application with a few questions + written interview with a long list of questions + psychometric assessments, then i failed but based on the application page u can see there are still a lot of rounds afterwards :)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
how good is ur maths score (appeared twice in both application and written interview)
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Canonical (New York, NY)
Interview
Extremely long and vague interview process with 0 feedback, the people I chatted with were super cool and informative, but the process itself is extremely long and tenious... I've had FANG interviews that are less arduous..
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Long pre-application process, after that, 6 interviews, some questions about Ubuntu, which were fairly simple, some networking questions, and a presentation demo about their offerings.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Canonical (Costa Rica) in Oct 2025
Interview
The whole process took about 3 months, and it involved in total 6 interviews until the late stages where I got rejected + some basic cognitive and behavioral tests. I would say it was very slow and they did make some scheduling mistakes on their end. All the interviewers were nice and friendly mostly. Up until the late stage interview, it was enjoyable. I would just say the process is very time consuming and the tests felt a little pointless.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Talk to me about a recent situation where you had to deal with a difficult and uncooperative client, and how did you solve it?
Sales Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Canonical with 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 Sales Engineer roles take an average of 63 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 Sales Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 18%
Personality test: 18%
Skills test: 18%
Other: 12%
Phone interview: 12%
One on one interview: 12%
Group panel interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
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