I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Canva (Sydney) in Mar 2018
Interview
Take home challenge or live coding interview followed by onsite. Main focus was Coding with some design however fundamental knowledge is definitely required. Really interesting problems related to real work at Canva
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Technical interview focused on coding and system design problems, emphasizing clean code, scalability, and architectural decisions.
Received detailed, professional feedback highlighting strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement in design and implementation.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Canva (Sydney) in Nov 2025
Interview
Interview went well, everyone was nice and communication from team was great, 3 rounds of interviews, get to know you (minor technical questions), ai code interview, and final 3 round interview (system design, behavioral, live coding)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do a system design for a Merchandising store, give api request examples and also structure of data objects etc