This was the first step in the interview process at Canonical

Re:This was the first step in the interview process at Canon... by simonw on Sunday March 20, 2022 @04:47PM (#30746466)

"What sort of high school student were you? Outside of required work, what were your interests and hobbies? What would your high school peers remember you for, if we asked them?"

Given how many people I know in the tech industry who had a horrible time at high school (nerds got bullied in the 80s and 90s, is that still true today?), this question carries a whole lot of baggage.

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Re:This was the first step in the interview process at Canon... by twic on Sunday March 20, 2022 @06:38PM (#30747481)

"Mostly they'd remember me getting wasted on super-strength cider, but people who knew me a bit better might also remember me playing Warhammer 40,000."

I'd withdraw my application too.

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Re:This was the first step in the interview process at Canon... by toyg on Sunday March 20, 2022 @05:11PM (#30746668)

I reckon these questions started as "in college", then someone in meeting #8533 rightly said "but what about people who did not go to college?" and so it was turned into high-school.

I suspect what this tells us about Canonical is that they have too many HR folks running riot.

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Re:This was the first step in the interview process at Canon... by heartofadog on Sunday March 20, 2022 @05:17PM (#30746726)

Or too many folks still hung up about how they ranked and what they were able to "accomplish" in those years.

A competent HR department exists, in fact, precisely for the purpose of preventing the adoption of inane practices like these.

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Re:This was the first step in the interview process at Canon... by tptacek on Sunday March 20, 2022 @10:19PM (#30749332)

I strongly suspect HR has nothing to do with any of this, because some of these questions come close to the line of inappropriate and problematic.

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