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Their hideously awful interview process leads me to believe there are deeply rooted problems in Ubuntu’s company culture and it’s not getting better anytime soo

Their hideously awful interview process leads me to believe there are deeply rooted problems in Ubuntu’s company culture and it’s not getting better anytime soon. They ask insightful questions like, “How did you do in your native language at high school?” or “How did you do in maths, physics or computer science at high school?”, followed by long written essays and “psychometric” personality testing. That’s a hard nope from me.

sergiomattei 3y ago
Sounds like standard behavioral questions to me.
- bitwize 3y ago
  Remember to Strongly Agree with things your boss wants to hear and Strongly Disagree with anything that sounds like you might be a functional human being with aspirations outside of the job.
  - water-data-dude 3y ago
    You mean “create a business-sona and engage in some text/live-action roleplay”
toadi 3y ago
Lol yeah the insightful questions. I don't remember that much from high school anymore to make it relevant. Like I have been working for 25 years in IT maybe that is a bit more relevant? Another one was the GPA. First of all after a how many years in your career is that number still relevant? Also in my country there is no GPA. You pass your degree or you don't. You call it long written essays. I felt I needed to write the magnum opus about my life. It was a hard nope from me too. Must be hard to be a recruiter for them. Everyone dropping out of the funnel at step 1 :)
- jvermillard 3y ago
  I did the full interview process (11?) it didn't worth the time spent
teaearlgraycold 3y ago
Uhh, that seems a bit different but reasonable enough. It seems like they just didn’t want to hire you.
- shp0ngle 3y ago
  Google the list of questions. It’s bizare and it’s also real (apply to one of their job offers and they will send you the same )
  - teaearlgraycold 3y ago
    Oh wow. The Glassdoor reviews are wild. 15 hours spent (on calls and take homes) and still only half way through? Crazy. And the essay on high school and such is 5,000 words??
intelVISA 3y ago
After reading their interview questions and processes I realized why they now produce easily the worst Linux distro despite having such a strong initial market lead and popularity. Similar-ish story with Firefox/Mozilla.
rcarmo 3y ago
Well, the process was fun. A few years ago I got as far as the final interview, which was talking to Mark Shuttleworth (a video call, literally over dinner) and we had an interesting conversation. The insistence doing on contracting rather than FTE roles (especially for senior ones) and other priorities made me say no thanks, though.

sergiomattei 3y ago

Sounds like standard behavioral questions to me.

bitwize 3y ago
Remember to Strongly Agree with things your boss wants to hear and Strongly Disagree with anything that sounds like you might be a functional human being with aspirations outside of the job.
- water-data-dude 3y ago
  You mean “create a business-sona and engage in some text/live-action roleplay”

toadi 3y ago

Lol yeah the insightful questions. I don't remember that much from high school anymore to make it relevant. Like I have been working for 25 years in IT maybe that is a bit more relevant? Another one was the GPA. First of all after a how many years in your career is that number still relevant? Also in my country there is no GPA. You pass your degree or you don't. You call it long written essays. I felt I needed to write the magnum opus about my life. It was a hard nope from me too. Must be hard to be a recruiter for them. Everyone dropping out of the funnel at step 1 :)

jvermillard 3y ago
I did the full interview process (11?) it didn't worth the time spent

teaearlgraycold 3y ago

Uhh, that seems a bit different but reasonable enough. It seems like they just didn’t want to hire you.

shp0ngle 3y ago
Google the list of questions. It’s bizare and it’s also real (apply to one of their job offers and they will send you the same )
- teaearlgraycold 3y ago
  Oh wow. The Glassdoor reviews are wild. 15 hours spent (on calls and take homes) and still only half way through? Crazy. And the essay on high school and such is 5,000 words??

intelVISA 3y ago

After reading their interview questions and processes I realized why they now produce easily the worst Linux distro despite having such a strong initial market lead and popularity. Similar-ish story with Firefox/Mozilla.

rcarmo 3y ago

Well, the process was fun. A few years ago I got as far as the final interview, which was talking to Mark Shuttleworth (a video call, literally over dinner) and we had an interesting conversation. The insistence doing on contracting rather than FTE roles (especially for senior ones) and other priorities made me say no thanks, though.