Education How did you fare in high school mathematics, physical sciences and computing? Which were your strengths and which most enjoyable? How did you rank, competitively, in these subjects? What sort of high school student were you? What would your high school peers remember you for, if we asked them? In languages and the arts at high school, what were your strongest subjects and how did you rank in those among your school peers? Please outline some high school achievements considered exceptional by peers and staff members. Which degree and university did you choose, and why? What did you enjoy most about your time at university? Which university courses did you perform best at? How did you rank in your degree? Outside of class, what were your interests and where did you spend your time? What did you achieve at university that you consider exceptional? Career development Please describe any experience as a professional software engineer, working on commercial products. Please describe any experience as a software engineer working on internal company projects rather than commercial products. Describe your skill in your preferred development language, and how you attained it. What are your strengths as a software engineer? What experience do you have with Linux system administration? What is the largest group of servers you have helped operate? What experience do you have with site reliability engineering, keeping production services online and available? Experience Describe your level of experience in Python, and how you have attained it. When did you start working on Linux? Describe your level of experience as a user & developer on Linux. Describe your experience with container technologies (Docker, LXD, Kubernetes, etc) How do you prefer to drive documentation for your products? How do you think about quality in your products? Describe a case where it was very difficult to test code you were writing, but you found a reliable way to do it. What would you like to achieve in career development and skills development? Context Are you involved in open source software? Describe any significant contributions to open source (with links where possible), if any What do you think are the key ingredients of a successful open source project? Why do you most want to work for Canonical? Which other companies are building the sort of products you would like to work on? Which companies have the most interesting approach to devops and site reliability engineering? What do you think could raise the bar for site reliability engineering, globally? What do you think Canonical needs to improve in its engineering and products? Who do you think are key competitors to Canonical? How do you think Canonical should plan to win that race?