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Post by chinchilla2020 »

weinzierl wrote: post #10

This is from a very long time ago, but if you dig deep enough you can still find this gem. From memory, and not the precise wording: The Canonical jobs page used to say you should only apply if you have accomplished something extraordinary in your life. If you haven't you should apply here , where here liked to the US government website. EDIT: I misremembered the site, it was not on canonical.com but http://markshutt…

Yes, nobody at the White House has ever accomplished something notable. Not a single inhabitant of that building has any form of fame or notoriety. It's really a niche, little-known building on the outskirts of a relatively quiet city.

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Post by chinchilla2020 »

hluska wrote: post #94
weinzierl wrote: post #10

This is from a very long time ago, but if you dig deep enough you can still find this gem. From memory, and not the precise wording: The Canonical jobs page used to say you should only apply if you have accomplished something extraordinary in your life. If you haven't you should apply here , where here liked to the US government website. EDIT: I misremembered the site, it was not on canonical.com but http://markshutt…

It’s time for me to leave Ubuntu behind for good. I can’t support anyone who is this much of an asshole.

Every famous computer scientist is a complete asshole.

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Post by itomato »

To have the honor and privilege of using Launchpad to Change the World.

Unless something has changed, but when I worked there, the big customer problems they were trying to solve were being solved by talented people in a NIH culture with all the friction that introduces. MAAS, Juju; good ideas hindered by the execution pipe, but that’s just my opinion.

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Post by verzali »

rurp wrote: post #237
TrackerFF wrote: post #175

Having previously worked at a place where it took minimum 3 months to hire someone (but often 6-12), I'd be amazed if Canonical actually ever gets to hire their first choices. What happened was this: By the time the first pick hires had been cleared, they had gotten another job. Same with second pick. Maybe even third, too. Most people don't have the luxury or will to just sit and twiddle their thumbs for months and…

> scientists going to antarctica I know someone who applied for a technical job based in antarctica and the interview process was much less arduous than the one described here.

I applied to be an astronaut and that was only 5 or 6 rounds of interviews. Granted, you have a lot more invasive medical tests and being dunked upside down in swimming pools.

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Post by barbariangrunge »

TrackerFF wrote: post #175

Having previously worked at a place where it took minimum 3 months to hire someone (but often 6-12), I'd be amazed if Canonical actually ever gets to hire their first choices. What happened was this: By the time the first pick hires had been cleared, they had gotten another job. Same with second pick. Maybe even third, too. Most people don't have the luxury or will to just sit and twiddle their thumbs for months and…

Lets not forget the 48 hour or less exploding offers they all received while you were waiting for them to reserve themselves for you for 3+ months with no promises on your part

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Post by pavel_lishin »

bgirard wrote: post #228
Invictus0 wrote: post #213

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is so unusual it borders on unbelievable

I've had interviews with startups that will use a quick interview turn around time as a selling feature to close candidates. I've also interviewed at Two Sigma where I was flown in onsite and by the last interview they had already reviewed most of my feedback and told me that they were going to extend an offer. I got the sense that if I wasn't using a 3rd party recruiter with rules they might have handed me an offer…

I had a similar, but inverse experience - was brought in for an all-day interview, and after half a day both they and I realized that I wasn't going to be a good fit, so they let me go.

No hard feelings on my end; I was out of my depth at the time, and knew it, and was glad I wasn't going to have to waste the rest of my day and theirs.

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Post by Eisenstein »

unpopular42 wrote: post #252
Eisenstein wrote: post #176

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A bias just means looking at things in a skewed way because of experience or mental conditioning. The fact is that demographics have a lot to do with bias because people from the same demographics have similar life experiences. Having someone else with a different set of experiences can help to mitigate bias by giving their perspective in the group. It is a simplistic way to determine 'tendency towards bias' by focus…

She didn't complain about the panel members being exclusively educated people (which does affect how you think). But she did complain that they are all white (which doesn't). So yeah, go ahead, dig in.

She mentioned demographics and one aspect of that was skin color. You are the one focused on race.

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Post by Delk »

rendall wrote: post #172
mertd wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently it's the big three of management consulting.

I suppose it should not surprise me as much as it does that there are people out there who are in the union set of people who have interviewed at FAANG (i.e. all of them or enough not to refer to them individually) and also interviewed at MBB (ditto). No Jane Street, though? No PEGS? No GSIBs?

People might prefer not to single out the company even if they only interviewed at one.

Just a guess, though.

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Post by Eisenstein »

Tade0 wrote: post #140
unpopular42 wrote: post #96

> exactly how unbiased is it when every person I interviewed with was exactly my demographic? (White, female, American/western European) Please could someone explain how is this, claiming that someone's race and ethnicity defines their bias, not in itself racist?

I have a follow-up question: what kind of race is "western European"? Is skin tone not enough? I don't have a gene test on hand to confirm, but I'm pretty sure my heritage is all over the place.

She said demographics -- the person who you are responding to said 'race'.

Re: Canonical’s recruitment process is long and complex

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Post by markshuttle »

liendolucas wrote: post #287
hadlock wrote: post #234

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would imagine he is on the phone 8-12 hours a day when not at the office, and still 4-6 hours a day at the office. Someone at his level, especially as a founder/owner is talking to somebody pretty much at all waking hours, and meals happen during calls unless it's an exceptionally important meeting.

If you were that busy you wouldn't even care interviewing anyone, you're supposed to delegate responsibility to the HR team. What would be the point to get involved in a one-time interaction with someone that is (I assume) in another plane to his day to day management of the company? I kind see this like: "Our king has the very last word on the matter, so good luck with him" which is nonsense.

If I remember correctly, the candidate was interested in a product management role for our cloud offerings, which is something that I care a great deal about. Hi, Rui ;) And yes, I'm on calls through lunch and dinner, so I sometimes get to have lunch or dinner with candidates.
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