- Outline your experience working as a technical author on software products. - What audiences (e.g. developers, customers) in what industry sectors (e.g. telecommunications, science, government) have you written for? - What is the largest, most complex documentation you have contributed to? - What experience have you as an owner of software product documentation? - What have you done that has changed how others - such as colleagues - think about, value or do documentation? - What is your proudest success as a technical author? - What are examples of excellent open-source documentation - what makes them good? - What should software teams do to achieve success in documentation? - Think about the users of documentation. What are the needs they have, that documentation must serve? - How should complex product documentation be structured? - What are some good principles for the on-going maintenance of documentation? - What are the most important insights into the art of documentation that you have gained from your experiences? - Outline your programming experience. What operating systems, development environments, languages are you familiar with? - Would you describe yourself as a high quality coder? Why? - What roles have you had in the development of software products? Which roles have you particularly enjoyed, and why? - Outline any knowledge and experience you have of: large-scale operations, SAAS, DevOps practices; public cloud services and operations; enterprise infrastructure and application management and deployment; Linux operating systems. - Describe any experience you have working in open-source software development. - Do you have any thoughts on how open-source software projects should be managed, to be successful? - Describe any speaking experience at industry events and conferences. - Are you engaged in public discussion, for example through speaking, writing or even social media) about software and technology? What areas of technology do you focus on? - What influence have you had on others (not just your immediate colleagues) in the industry, through your speaking, writing or other work? - In high school, what was your academic performance in different subjects (languages, maths and sciences, humanities, social sciences, arts)? Where were your strengths and weaknesses; what did you enjoy most? - What sort of high school student were you? Beyond your studies, what were your interests and hobbies How do you think you are remembered by your peers? - Can you describe any high school achievements that would be considered exceptional by peers or teachers - or by yourself? - If you completed a bachelors degree or equivalent: which degree and university did you choose, and why? - How did you perform in your degree, and what was your final degree result? (Note that different education traditions around the world use different scoring systems. Please give us additional context so that we understand what your degree result indicates, even if we're not familiar with that particular system.) - What were your extracurricular interests and how did you spend your free time? - What did you have to overcome to attain your successes in education? What are you proudest of? - Can you describe something you did while in education that made a difference to other people? - Can you describe any achievements at university that would be considered exceptional by peers or teachers - or by yourself? - If you could have that time again, what would you do differently? - Outline your thoughts on the mission of Canonical. What is it about the company's purpose and goals which is most appealing to you? What do you see as risky or unappealing? - Who are Canonical's key competitors, and how should Canonical set about winning? - Why do you most want to work for Canonical? - What would you most want to change about Canonical? - What kind of working culture do you want to be a part of?
