WTF with high school questions?
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WTF with high school questions?
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#2It feels like Canonical does this silly shit so only the truly desperate will apply, and thus take lower compensation.
I would of closed the tab pretty quickly.
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#3A lot of people who have problems with various recruiting techniques seem to assume a universe where nobody is dishonest. You can call for references but in many cultures people do not want to be mean and will say nice things about you even if you were a terrible employee. People will also lie and scheme and it can be difficult to really dig into someone's professional career to know if they are serious and good people or not. This is where some official record like a GPA can be useful, or a live coding interview where you get the opportunity to at least prove you are not a total faker.
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#4This is dumb. If you don't want to apply, don't. If you think something is no one else's business, don't tell them. But don't cry when they discard your application because they think it IS relevant, because shockingly you don't personally have a monopoly on truth...
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#5I looked at canonical applications before. This is just a taste of it. Each time I looked, the questions made me not apply.
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#6Related: This was the first step in the interview process at Canonical – I withdrew (2022) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30735678
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#7See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30735678
This was discussed not too long ago
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#8It feels like Canonical does this silly shit so only the truly desperate will apply, and thus take lower compensation. I would of closed the tab pretty quickly.
You seem to be making a lot of assumptions about Canonical's motives and reasoning.
Perhaps the question about language indicates that they're only looking for people who wouldn't have closed their tabs.
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#9It feels like Canonical does this silly shit so only the truly desperate will apply, and thus take lower compensation. I would of closed the tab pretty quickly.
I agree. This is a great filter for companies you do not want to be a part of. Keep in mind that your future bosses will evaluate you based on useless and silly metrics like these.
There are a great many other places to work that DO value your actual accomplishments.
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#10They use the same format for Accounts Payable Clerk as they do for Director of Devops. Slightly lazy, sure, but not really blog post worthy. If you're an experienced hire just put do not recall and move on with your life.