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One has to write a huge number of essays answering all kinds of questions (took a full week) and then take the Thomas International GIA test (prep for it took a full week) and they maybe talk to them live if all good so far. I never got to talking to anyone live, all communication was via forms and template emails. Extremely impersonal.

Interview questions [27]

Question 1

What kinds of software projects have you worked on before? Which development environments, languages, tools?

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Question 2

How extensive is your experience of Python software engineering? How do you test Python applications? Outline the applications that you have led in Python, and your takeaways from that experience.

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Question 3

How extensive is your experience of C++ software engineering? Outline the applications that you have led in C++.

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Question 4

How comprehensive would you say your knowledge of Linux is, from the kernel up? How have you gained this knowledge?

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Question 5

Can you outline your thoughts on the relationship between product management and engineering?

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Question 6

What kinds of robotics projects have you worked on before? Which development environments, languages, tools?

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Question 7

Outline your experience with ROS 1 and ROS 2, and any contributions you have made to the project.

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Question 8

What are the main areas of friction for software development with ROS?

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Question 9

What are the primary long-term challenges in robotics development for robotics companies?

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Question 10

Are you familiar with cloud computing applications for robotics? Which ones do you think are interesting and would you use again?

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Question 11

Are you familiar with robotics regulations and safety design?

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Question 12

What would be your main 2 recommendations for the robotics community to strengthen its security posture? How would you engage their members to adopt them?

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Question 13

What is your most important engineer manager experience? What was the team size? Did it involve working with people from different continents? What was the aim of the work and what was achieved?

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Question 14

Outline your thoughts on quality in software development. What practices are most effective in software teams to drive improvements in quality?

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Question 15

Outline your thoughts on documentation in large software projects. What practices do you think software developers should follow in this regard? What are examples of the best open source documentation you have worked with?

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Question 16

Outline your thoughts on performance in software engineering. How do you ensure that your team's code is performant? Can you describe hard learnings in this regard?

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Question 17

Outline your thoughts on security in software engineering. What is the relationship between your engineering team and the security team? How do you lead your engineers to improve their security posture and awareness?

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Question 18

What daily management practices and habits would you adopt in your team? What have you tried in this regard which did not work?

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Question 19

Outline your thoughts on the mission of Canonical. What is it about the company's purpose and goals which is most appealing to you? What is it that you think is risky or unappealing? Are there any elements of the company goals that you are unsure about?

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Question 20

Who do you see as competitors to Canonical in robotics, and in what ways do you think Canonical needs to change in order to be a more effective competitor to them?

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Question 21

What do you see as the current dynamics in the robotics industry that are favourable to Canonical? Which are unfavourable?

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Question 22

Why do you most want to work for Canonical?

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Question 23

How would you describe your high school interests in mathematics, physical sciences and computing? In these subjects, which were your strengths and what were your most enjoyable activities? How did you rank, competitively, in these subjects?

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Question 24

Which course and university did you choose, and why?

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Question 25

Which university courses did you enjoy the most, and which ones did you perform best at? How did you rank in your degree?

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Question 26

During your time at university, did you have any leading role?

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Question 27

During your time at university, what did you achieve that you consider to be exceptional?

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