I love Canonical products and have been a user of Ubuntu for over a decade. I was excited to interview here. While everyone was nice and all conversations were interesting, the process was so overwhelmingly bad I couldn't recommend anyone apply here in good conscience . For context I have over a decade of industry experience and this process took over 4 months, by far the longest process I've ever been a part of. I had to do a lenghty written interview (including a weirdly large amount of questions about my high school experience, from about 15 years ago) before even interacting with an interviewer. I also had to do multiple take-home personality/strength assessments. Process seemed to be bad on both ends, at least one interviewer wasn't sure what I was interviewer for until we sat down together. I asked for a salary range early on and was told they make bespoke offers based on interviews. However after spending about 6-7 hours on interview components they asked for my availability for "late stage" interviews, and before I could response said they were not extending an offer. I asked the reason for the sudden change and they said my salary expectations were too high. No counter offer or anything, and context and what I should expect at various stages were never provided unless I asked explicitly. I still like the product and enjoyed everyone I spoke with, I know not getting a job is a risk, but this was a waste of my time and was frankly rude and disrespectful.

A written interview of about 5000 words (including questions asking about your high school years), 2 personal assessments, 6 video calls (mostly technical, 2 with hiring manager and 1 with HR manager). If you pass all the levels, you are expected to meet and interview with CEO of the company.