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I suspect Canonical is one of those.

I regularly see positions near to my position (France, sometimes in villages!), and when I apply I receive from 8 to 12 minutes after an email that says "Sorry but your resume is not relevant"... except that my resume has *exactly* all the requirements.

When I talked to my friends about this they tries to apply too and... same thing: 8 to 12 minutes for certain positions, they have been rejected with the exact same response.

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I applied to one of those positions at Canonical. Their hiring process is so bad, I noped out. No wonder they have open positions all the time, since serious engineers are not going to put up with those shenanigans.

What does my high school GPA and traits have to do with my work as a senior kernel engineer? It reeks of cliques and I want nothing to do with it.

You probably don't want to work there anyway. Any company using High School GPA and extracurriculars as a hiring criterion for senior roles, is, in my opinion, not a serious organization.

It happens. A major landmark, let's say leap forward in my career - I applied to a job at (to keep it anonymous) let's say a research center in a scientific field that is maybe top #1 or #2 depending on whom you ask in that area. Swiftly rejected. Randomly, maybe 6 months later, a very exasperated PI from the same institution contacted me directly. She'd fished through the HR system, nobody good was sent through, she'd found me, went in for an interview. It all played out beautifully. Great team, one of the best jobs I've ever had, lifelong mentor & supporter & vice versa.

I think the question is who is the guy calling out irrelevant resumes, and are they qualified for it.

If you want to go work on Linux, go work for a real Linux company, like Microsoft.