I applied through other source. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Canonical (Golden, CO) in Aug 2008
Interview
Canonical does a majority of its filtering by making use of processes in the open source communities. Significant contributions and an excellent technical and personal reputation in the community will go a long way towards getting one a job at Canonical, given that there is a good skill set match. Someone with a great code portfolio, reputation, and experience will have a very easy interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was the hardest piece of code you worked on and why?
It's an extremely long process that includes standardized tests, take home assignments, and several rounds of interviews. It was at least 5 rounds long and you interview across different teams.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Canonical (London, England)
Interview
They have a really long, tiring interview process. The first round was a written interview where I had to answer like 15 questions. Then a coding interview with 1 hour time that I could do anytime for 2 weeks. Then I had to take a personality test and they totally ghosted me.
The first round is a bunch of questions like 30 or so where you have to describe your expierence, personal and academical information. Then there is a asynch technical interview and a psychology test.