I recently applied for a position at this company with a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, and over five years of relevant experience. Despite my qualifications, I was asked to provide my grades from high school. This request struck me as both irrelevant and highly discriminatory. Grades from years ago do not reflect my current abilities or the skills I have developed through my professional experience. Moreover, it is unfair to judge candidates based on academic performance that may have been affected by personal circumstances beyond their control. Many individuals face challenges during their school years that can impact their grades, and these should not define their potential as professionals. I expected a more inclusive and forward-thinking approach from this company. It is disheartening to see such outdated and biased practices still in place. I urge the hiring team to reconsider their evaluation criteria and focus on the skills and experiences that candidates bring to the table.

Lots have been written about Canonical's interview process especially the lengthy written assessment that forces you down a memory lane (school days, your academic credentials and achievements). Like everyone else, I also found it wierd that the company puts so much emphasis on that even after earning decades of professional experience. I am actively looking for my next job so I went through the process anyway, and I was also intrigued, to actually get to talk to someone in person and understand the company culture. I was booked for not one or two but three back-to-back interviews in a single day. All of the people I interviewed with, including hiring manager, were actually really nice and we had very good conversations, Overall I got a good feel about the company that day. They all mentioned that I have a strong profile for the advertised role. But surprise surprise, I received a No with the reason that they were moving ahead with other 'stronger profile' candidates. That's it, no other feedback because apparantly they recieve thousands of CVs every month and its not possible to give any constructive feedback (after I spent close to 10 hours on the whole process). Ultimately, my experience ended the same way with the company as majority of other posters' here, I wish I would have paid more attention to their advice.