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Updated 26 Nov 2024

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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
More than 8 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Sep 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Python test with 3 problems and unit tests

Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Write a python program and unit test for getting duplicate items in a list
  • Ans. 

    Python program to find duplicate items in a list and unit test for it

    • Iterate through the list and keep track of items seen so far in a dictionary

    • If an item is already in the dictionary, it is a duplicate

    • Return a list of duplicate items found

    • Write unit tests to check for correct identification of duplicates

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Linux command to search for files using up most space
  • Ans. 

    Use the 'du' command to search for files using up most space on Linux.

    • Use 'du -h' to display disk usage in human-readable format

    • Pipe the output to 'sort -hr' to sort by size in reverse order

    • Use 'head' to display the top results

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Explain the system design you have done in your last role
  • Ans. 

    Designed a scalable microservices architecture using Docker and Kubernetes

    • Utilized Docker to containerize each microservice for easy deployment and scaling

    • Implemented Kubernetes for orchestration and management of containers

    • Used service discovery and load balancing for efficient communication between microservices

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Canonical Solution Engineer interview:
  • Linux
  • Python
  • Operating Systems
  • Cloud Computing
  • Networking

Skills evaluated in this interview

Solution Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. 1. What is triggers and where we use triggers in xamarin? 2. Oops concepts with example 3. What is data binding? 4. Xamarin Page life cycle 5. Layouts in xamarin 6. Find gretest number from list of array (coding)
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Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Jun 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Questions and Answer 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Long questions sheet with lot of questions on high school, experience, technical.
Round 2 - Coding Test 

On golang for 1.5 hr

Round 3 - Aptitude Test 

A logical reasoning and verbal test for 1 hr 20 minutes

Engineering Manager Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. System Design - how would design a trading system, what db, cloud you would consider and why? how would ensure data is real time not near real time? How would you set up devOps for this ?
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Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Oct 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Assignment 

Need to submit the answers for 20 questions asking about your school life, and behavior

Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

They request to do Thomas assessment test ( 1.5hr long)

Round 3 - Coding Test 

There was a question about the Python module

Cloud Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Can you please elaborate the best practices of Authentication and Authorisation for the web based applications ?
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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
6-8 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Nov 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

General aptitude test, english and math/logic

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be friendly, honest and curious. Passion is all you need to show

Graduate Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. differences between arrays and linked lists
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Canonical interview questions for popular designations

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 Cloud Engineer

 (1)

 Graduate Software Engineer

 (1)

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I appeared for an interview in Aug 2020.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. What is the complicated issue that you have solved and what is the solution you have provided
  • Ans. 

    Developed a real-time data processing system for a financial institution

    • Implemented a distributed system using Apache Kafka and Apache Storm

    • Designed a fault-tolerant architecture with multiple redundancy layers

    • Optimized the system for high throughput and low latency

    • Provided real-time monitoring and alerting using Grafana and Prometheus

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare all the basics and aware of all the process.

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed before Oct 2020. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. 1.OOP concepts
  • Q2. SQL Queries
  • Q3. Tell me about your self
  • Q4. My background

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Technical interview level will be moderate to high.Be firm on your answers.You should know how to make your interview in a way you want it to go! For example even if the interviewer diverts from one concept to another, I know how to bring him back to the concept am confident on!
HR interview was quite easy.
HR interview is for just checking your confidence, willingness to ajdust to Corparate world.

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Jun 2019. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. What are the addon that can be added with spring boot ? What is the spring boot ? What are the ways of configuring a bean in spring? And core java realted stuff.
  • Ans. 

    Answering questions related to Spring Boot and core Java

    • Spring Boot addons include Spring Security, Spring Data, and Spring Cloud

    • Spring Boot is a framework for building standalone, production-grade Spring-based applications

    • Ways of configuring a bean in Spring include XML configuration, Java-based configuration, and annotation-based configuration

    • Core Java topics include OOP concepts, collections, multithreading, and exc

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Please be prepared for your interview with hackerrank problem solving and good analytical skills.
According to my experience i would not sugget to join HCL .

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Oct 2019. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Basic questions of Python and pytest framework
  • Q2. Questions will be based on the resume in hand

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be genuine with your resume. Understand the project, that you handle. Be aware of the software market and be bold to open up with your views. It is not always true, that when new technologies come up, the old goes down. It is the less adaptability of the technology, that pulls it back.

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed before Oct 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. Self intraduction
  • Q2. My self introduction
  • Q3. Please inform then it self

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good but not in quick ans

I applied via Other and was interviewed before Apr 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Technical : Questions from Project,C,C++,Java
  • Q2. HR: Questions like tell about yourself, Your dream comoany etc

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well and be confident.

Canonical Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Canonical interview?
Canonical interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Canonical interview process are Aptitude Test, Coding Test and Technical.
How to prepare for Canonical interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Canonical. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Canonical expect are Cloud Computing, Kubernetes, Linux and Python.
What are the top questions asked in Canonical interview?

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