Canonical

Written Interview - Financial Analyst ll role

Experience

1. What do you consider your most relevant professional experience for this
role?

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2. What Financial Planning & Analysis functions have you previously been
involved with?

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3. Describe your involvement and experience in a public company or IPO

process.

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4. Describe any experience in a technology subscription business.

5. Describe an experience you have of building something from nothing.

6. What highlights from your career are you most proud of?

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7. What do you foresee as the challenges in this role? How will you address
them?

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8. What goes into a successful forecasting process that results in an NTM

actuals variance of 5% or less?

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9. How do you identify KPIs relevant to business leaders? How do you react
when those leaders disagree?

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10. Describe a time where you had to manage a complex project, and how you
did so.

Reporting in Apptio for the global finance community.

Start with small pieces but always keep in mind the big picture.

11. How would you measure success in this role?

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Education

12. How did you rank in your high school, in your final year in math and hard
sciences? Which was your strongest?
 13. How did you rank in your high school, in your final year in languages and
the arts? Which was your strongest?

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14. 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.

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15. 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?

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16. Which university and degree did you choose? What other universities did
you consider, and why did you select that one?

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17. At university, did you do particularly well in any area of your degree?

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18. Overall, what was your degree result and how did that reflect on your
ability?

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19. In high school and university, what did you achieve that was exceptional?

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20. What leadership roles did you take on during your education?

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 21. 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?

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22. Who are Canonical's key competitors, and how should Canonical set about
winning?

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23. Why do you most want to work for Canonical?

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24. What would you most want to change about Canonical?

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25. What gets you most excited about this role?