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Updated 15 Jun 2025
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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
More than 8 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Sep 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Python test with 3 problems and unit tests

Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Write a python program and unit test for getting duplicate items in a list
  • Q2. Linux command to search for files using up most space
  • Ans. 

    Use the 'du' command to search for files using up most space on Linux.

    • Use 'du -h' to display disk usage in human-readable format

    • Pipe the output to 'sort -hr' to sort by size in reverse order

    • Use 'head' to display the top results

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Explain the system design you have done in your last role
  • Ans. 

    Designed a scalable microservices architecture using Docker and Kubernetes

    • Utilized Docker to containerize each microservice for easy deployment and scaling

    • Implemented Kubernetes for orchestration and management of containers

    • Used service discovery and load balancing for efficient communication between microservices

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Canonical Solution Engineer interview:
  • Linux
  • Python
  • Operating Systems
  • Cloud Computing
  • Networking

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
More than 8 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I appeared for an interview in Dec 2024, where I was asked the following questions.

  • Q1. 50+ questions of written interview
  • Q2. Coding test had a tough graph based problem with DFS with many edges cases of cyclic data.
  • Q3. Interview had a question regarding immutable datastructures in python.
Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Jun 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Questions and Answer 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Long questions sheet with lot of questions on high school, experience, technical.
Round 2 - Coding Test 

On golang for 1.5 hr

Round 3 - Aptitude Test 

A logical reasoning and verbal test for 1 hr 20 minutes

Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Oct 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Assignment 

Need to submit the answers for 20 questions asking about your school life, and behavior

Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

They request to do Thomas assessment test ( 1.5hr long)

Round 3 - Coding Test 

There was a question about the Python module

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
6-8 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Nov 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

General aptitude test, english and math/logic

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be friendly, honest and curious. Passion is all you need to show

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I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed before May 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Asked to rate myself in various skills
  • Q2. Rated myself
  • Q3. Cobol - static vs dynamic call, move corresponding, simple stuff
  • Q4. Jcl - searching a substring in sort, gdg concepts for DB2 - program preparation, few SQL queries, types of vsam, tools like changeman...

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - When I joined as a 3 year experienced, the interview the questions were basic and can be easily cleared by a 3 year experienced. It was more to measure the overall aptitude than to pin point each skill.
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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Jul 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Performa in 3par
  • Ans. 

    Performa is a performance monitoring tool for HPE 3PAR storage arrays.

    • Performa provides real-time monitoring of storage performance metrics.

    • It helps identify performance bottlenecks and optimize storage performance.

    • Performa can generate reports and alerts based on user-defined thresholds.

    • It can also be used for capacity planning and trend analysis.

    • Examples of performance metrics monitored by Performa include IOPS, late...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. San zoning

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Brushup basics.

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jan 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Regulatory basics, ICH guidelines

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Do the basic related to regulatory affairs

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Mar 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. 1) What will be your future planning if you work in tcs company?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - *If you go in the interview be confident about yourself and whatever you going to speak

*Make sure that you have to get trust of interviewer or hr that you need this job

*say something good quality that you have

Canonical Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Canonical interview?
Canonical interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Canonical interview process are Aptitude Test, Coding Test and Assignment.
How to prepare for Canonical interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Canonical. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Canonical expect are Cloud Computing, Kubernetes, Linux and Python.
What are the top questions asked in Canonical interview?

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Overall Interview Experience Rating

2.7/5

based on 6 interview experiences

Difficulty level

Easy 17%
Moderate 50%
Hard 33%

Duration

Less than 2 weeks 20%
4-6 weeks 20%
6-8 weeks 20%
More than 8 weeks 40%
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