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by kundaru 1075 days ago
Canonical HR is the worst. They use a discredited "personality test" company.

Sample report https://www.docdroid.net/3hDIf3Y/perform-sample-report-may-2...

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When I interviewed with them, they were doing an intelligence test that involved quickly identifying rotated shapes. But later in the interview they acknowledged that they only hire people from the community who have already been contributing. The intelligence and personality tests are a misdirection: they want you to do an unpaid internship.
is this the same laundry list I got twice from its HR? so lengthy that I gave up right way, it asks from high school courses all the way to your adulthood, the stupidest questionnaire I have ever seen for any jobs.

By the way, I'm done with ubuntu after almost 20 years and will be migrating to full Debian this year, not going to replace my deb with you snap, thanks for the ride.

24 questions, each question describes a situation, you select which adjective describes you most and least. you end up picking random words because non fit.
> Canonical HR is the worst. They use a discredited "personality test" company.

They also have a really weird focus on your education history when applying, to the point that when I was considering applying there, their application form made me realise I don’t want to work there.