I'm in my 30s (and, fair warning, worked with Greg for a short while, he's a smart chap) and recently applied for a spot at Canonical. On these sorts of questio

I'm in my 30s (and, fair warning, worked with Greg for a short while, he's a smart chap) and recently applied for a spot at Canonical. On these sorts of questions I just answered "N/A" or "not measured". A recruiter reached out to me and wanted me to take what I can only but describe as the equivalent of Phrenology and personality quiz through a coding quiz. I reached out to the recruiter and informed him that such things are likely illegal in the US and on top of that, I'd stated on my resume that I do not participate in Leetcode, etc. What shocked me was the response: "Thank you for your withdrawal of interest in working at Canonical." I've been a sometimes-active member of the Ubuntu community, contributing to various parts of their wiki until that became less usable, as well as providing help on their IRC channels, occasionally stepping in to help a package maintainer here and there, etc. For the position that they were hiring for (developer relations advocate), you'd think I'm the kind of person they beg for, but it really shows that they wouldn't hire the people who volunteer their time.