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They love to ask you if you fired people which was a red flag to me
Why do you want to work at Canonical?
Q. What does your normal day look like ?
Explain the context in which your previous jobs happened.
How would you solve _______ technical issues if someone came up to you and asked you a question.
I was tasked to build a presentation and a plan for growth.
How many people have you managed - direct/indirect?
One key question they asked was about designing a scalable SaaS platform, focusing on multi-tenancy, data isolation, and handling high traffic efficiently. They wanted to know how to balance cost, performance, and security while ensuring high availability and scalability. The discussion also covered database design choices, API rate limiting, and monitoring strategies for a robust system.
What will a staff member (who you had to let do due to performance) would say about you if we asked him/her to describe you?
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