Re:Canonicals Interview Process
by arp242 on Sunday June 01, 2025 @03:16PM
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This seems to be the canonical Canonical interview process – I've heard several stories like this over the years. It's always the same: interview process is overly long and a bit ridiculous, but things go relatively well. And then at the final stage Shuttleworth shows up to be a dick with a bizarre focus on high school, after which it's rejected.
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Judging by Ubuntu's declining quality over the last few years, this selection process doesn't seem to be working too well.
Re:Canonicals Interview Process
by loloquwowndueo on Sunday June 01, 2025 @05:42PM
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Internally, toxic culture has resulted in large turnaround which is biased to the most experienced people in the company (those smart and valuable enough to realize they don’t have to put up with the crap and can do better elsewhere). It doesn’t matter how brilliant the new hires are, there’s no way to replace the lost institutional knowledge and experience when an old-timer leaves.
This was exactly my experience last year. I even did a SAR to get all my interview notes. Glowing praise and positivity until Shuttleworth didn’t like 16yo me’s exam results (which I disclosed as part of the weird 4000 word essay thing in stage 1)