Its a written test and consists of : Education * 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? * What sort of high school student were you? Outside of required work, what were your interests and hobbies? * At high school or university, can you outline some of your achievements which were considered exceptional by your peers and staff members? * Which course and university did you choose, and why? * What did you enjoy most about your time at university? * Which university studies did you enjoy the most, and which ones did you perform best at? * Outside of degree requirements, what were your interests and where did you spend most of your time? * Looking back at university, what were the things that have stuck with you as useful insights gained there? How would you change your focus if you could redo that experience? * How did you rank in your degree? * During your time at university, what did you achieve that you consider to be exceptional? Career and Experience * In your most recent role, what did you enjoy most, and what did you achieve that you consider exceptional? * Have you taken on any technical projects outside of educational or professional roles that excited you? * What was your first Linux distribution, and why did you start there? * How comprehensive would you say your knowledge of Linux is, from the kernel up? How have you gained this knowledge? * Describe your experience as a user of the broader open source ecosystem. * Outline your experience working with customers directly. Describe a particularly memorable customer interaction. * Describe your familiarity with Linux performance debugging and tuning * Provide real-world examples where you've solved hard Linux problems * How comprehensive would you say your knowledge of networking is? How have you gained this knowledge? * Outline your approach to troubleshooting problems with software-defined networking * Describe issues you've worked on with Linux block storage, distributed or software-defined storage * Describe your skill level with Python, Bash, or other programming languages, and how you've achieved that * Provide any experience you may have contributing to open source projects * Explain why you most want to work for Canonical * Elaborate on what you think would make you an outstanding team member at Canonical