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      Software Engineer Interview

      24 Aug 2022
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Canva in Aug 2022

      Interview

      Initial screening interview over Zoom was terrible. Recruiter was 15 minutes late and didn't seem to care. They gave off the impression that they just didn't want to be there and they were quite intimidating and condescending to me. Next was a technical interview where I was given the boilerplate code for an interface and told to design a system around it. The task provided was extremely vague and no context about what I was being asked to do was provided. I had to ask several questions to even figure out what I was being asked to do because the interviewer didn't explain anything. I think this was a fair task once I understood what was being asked because it involved building up classes step by step and thinking of how to interact with data within them. I completed all of the steps of this stage successfully but was then emailed to notify me that I was not being progressed.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      A few Java specific questions
      Answer question

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      Software Engineer Interview

      16 Jun 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Sydney
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Canva (Sydney) in Jan 2026

      Interview

      3 stages: 1. Initial chat with the recruiter 2. Coding with AI 3. Final interview with 3 parts a. Systems design interview b. Behavioural interview c. Coding exercise (without AI)

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Describe a time where you have to inform your stakeholders that your work will not make it in time.
      Answer question

      Software Engineer Interview

      2 Nov 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Canva

      Interview

      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.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Design of a chat app
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      Software Engineer Interview

      22 Dec 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Sydney
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      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
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