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      Engineering Manager Interview

      8 Aug 2023
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Austin, TX
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Canonical (Austin, TX) in May 2023

      Interview

      Prepare yourself for a _long_ and _very_ inefficient process. As others have described, the interview process is a marathon. I applied online, and was asked to fill out a pretty intense written interview. After spending several hours on that, and waiting 2 weeks, I was asked to complete a psychometric analysis. After that, and waiting several more days, asked to do an interview. The interview went well, was asked about prior management experience, experience with the tech stack, etc. After a week with no reply, I reached out, but received no response. A _month_ after the interview, the hiring lead reached out, asking for my availability for another interview. After filling that out (mind you, we're now 2 months into this process), _the very next day_ I received an email informing me that the role is now closed and inviting me to apply for a different position, if I'm interested. I don't have the energy, considering I already have a fulltime job.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What's the most important consideration for a manager of a team? What's your experience with _tech stack_?
      Answer question
      2

      Other Engineering Manager interview reviews for Canonical

      Engineering Manager Interview

      13 Mar 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Canonical

      Interview

      tldr; After hours of interviews and exercises they ghost and give no feedback. I managed to complete Canonical's "early stage" interviews - 4 one hour interviews and 4 exercises (1 written, 2 psychometric, and a coding exercise). Although I had great conversations and loved meeting everyone (best part), Canonical ghosted for 2 weeks despite reaching out to my hiring manager for any updates. When they did respond, it was the most generic email: "We are writing to let you know that we have reviewed your application. We regret to inform you that we shall not be progressing your application further for this particular role". Given the progress through the process I would've expected some correspondence or feedback, but they just send an inpersonal email. If they provided ANY kind of feedback that would definitely get rid of the question marks. Instead, Canonical conveys that they do not care about you or the time you spent in their overly long process, even if you do make it to the further rounds.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Normal interview questions around Linux skills, software architecture, and management skill.
      Answer question
      8

      Engineering Manager Interview

      10 Nov 2024
      Anonymous interview candidate
      São Paulo, São Paulo
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Canonical (São Paulo, São Paulo) in Oct 2024

      Interview

      Long introduction. They ask to include grade ot graduation and high school and copy of you diploma. Copy of a diploma is something companies request after the offer. Don't waste your time with this company.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Requests of diplomas and grades
      Answer question

      Engineering Manager Interview

      28 Aug 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Canonical in Jul 2024

      Interview

      Awful. After submitting my CV, I was invited to take a written interview. At this point, all seemed good, there was a person assigned who could provide any information needed and when it came to completing the interview, there was no pressure to complete it in an unreasonable time frame. The interview was 50 questions. Not multiple choice, each one requiring a written answer. So, if you allow 5 minutes for each, that's over 4 hours of effort. But of course you probably spend more to make sure you're answering clearly and succinctly. After submitting, it didn't take long for a rejection to come, but despite all the time spent, they would not provide any feedback which I thought was pretty poor. They did however have the nerve to ask for feedback on their process.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Engagement with the Linux community and open source contributions
      Answer question
      2

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