I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Canva (Sydney) in Sep 2024
Interview
After a chat with recruiter, there were a few steps. This was pre-AI, where they still had an algorithms and data structure question.
* Algorithm (coding)
* Solution design
* Comms & Strategy
* Leadership & Values
* A code review
Most went well, however the Strategy & Comms I was given the wrong meeting link, as a result the interviewer showed up 15 minutes late and was in a bad mood, I blew that one up because the examples given were "not strategic enough". The vibe was off right off the bat.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Canva (Sydney) in Jun 2025
Interview
There were 5 rounds 3 technical 2 people management.
Tech rounds have problem solving, system design and code review.
Management had culture & team fit and strategy interviews.
The process was finished within 9 days as I was interviewing at other places.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Difficult people/stakeholder management and your response.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Canva (Sydney)
Interview
- System design
- coding challenge
- people management
- values
- delivery
After the initial 5 interviews, I was required to do an additional 2 interviews.
Feedback loops were really slow. After final interview, it took 2 weeks to hear back from recruiter.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked to build stop watch.
Starting from basic functionality, slowly increasing complexity of the problem
