> is reportedly obsessed with high school performance, to the point of rejecting otherwise highly competent candidates who passed the whole process before that based on high school questions alone.

Right but given the pay, talent level, and more from Canonical, they should probably not be trying to invent new ways to filter candidates beyond what even top tier software shops are doing.

If Jane Street and Anthropic aren't rejecting candidates for high school performance, maybe your mid tier company with low tier pay shouldn't be either.

Jane St is not a good example of a company that doesn’t care about HS performance. Lots of finance firms ask for SAT scores years out and Jane St weights heavily on college (which in turn is exclusively a function of HS performance).

> hey should probably not be trying to invent new ways to filter candidates beyond what even top tier software shops are doing.

Exactly spot on.

Surely everyone would also agree with this and at this point, just don't bother with Canonical and ignore them. They do it because they are not interested in hiring at all, even if the post is there.

Would much rather go to Anthropic if I had my time again, which there is far more upside and pays extremely well than whatever pathetic amount Canonical could ever come up with.