[fmajid]

I interviewed with both Canonical and Meta 6 months ago. The Canonical process is far more intense, and yes, it's a big time investment "on spec" for a candidate (I'd estimate it at 7 man-days, 4 for the written essay alone), along with 10 interviews.

They do read the essay carefully, which is what the OP's article is all about.

I'd rather a company take time to do a thorough assessment of a candidate rather than cavalierly hire one with a high likelihood of dismissal during the trial period, as they may have left an existing job to join.

[SamuelAdams]

At the same time, they are probably losing a lot of talented engineers because other companies have much less effort in their hiring process.

Is the compensation at Canical that much better than other companies that makes the extra effort worth it?