Career development When did you become interested in HR? What is your proudest success as an HR professional? Describe your experience in the technology industry Would you describe yourself as efficient? Give an example where you helped improve the efficiency of something you or your team were responsible for. Insights How would you assess productivity in a remote context, for different disciplines? How would you assess happiness in a global organization? What is your experience when it comes to designing and implementing processes across an organization? Please give an example of an impactful process that you have designed and briefly describe the outcome. What would you like to try at Canonical to raise the bar globally in HR? Education How did you rank in your high school, in your final year in maths and hard sciences? Which was your strongest? How did you rank in your high school, in your final year in languages and the arts? Which was your strongest? Please state your high school graduation results or university entrance results, along with the system used, and how to understand those. For example, in the US, you might give your SAT or ACT scores. In Germany, you might give your scores 1-5. What sort of high school student were you? Outside of class, what were your interests and hobbies? What would your high school peers remember you for, if we asked them? Which university and degree did you choose? What other universities did you consider, and why did you select that one? At university, did you do particularly well at any area of your degree? Overall, what was your degree result and how did that reflect on your ability? In high school and university, what did you achieve that was exceptional? What leadership roles did you take on during your education? Context Please tell us what you find most interesting about this role. What support do you think you need from Canonical to be successful?

The written interview had questions related to the role (professional accomplishments, how would you level up our company, etc.) but for the most part the questions were about high-school and university, including my grades and achievements.