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      UX Designer Interview

      24 Jul 2024
      Anonymous interview candidate
      London, England
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Canonical (London, England) in Jul 2024

      Interview

      In total, I underwent 1 written interview, 2 psychometric assessments, 7 video interviews and 2 take-home design tasks over the course of 4 months. After a final interview I was told that they would like to make an offer, I had a video discussion with an executive about the terms and was told that I would receive my formal written offer in the next week or so. Two weeks go by and I receive a short email explaining that they've rescinded my offer with little to no explanation. I pushed to understand why this had happened and was told that despite almost everyone involved in the process thus far wanting to hire me, someone/some process was blocking it and they could not reach a consensus. Never have I heard of a company where an executive can be confident about making an offer, extend a verbal offer, and then have it blocked. It's completely immoral for someone to make a verbal offer and then rescind it. Canonical, recruitment is always partly a gamble and god only knows how you manage to recruit anyone.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What does UX Design mean to you? What experience do you have with open-source projects? What do you hope in four years time you will be able to say you gained from working at Canonical?
      Answer question
      1

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      19 Nov 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
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