I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Canva (Sydney) in Nov 2022
Interview
The process contains three sessions.
Started with a recruiter call with zoom. Introduce the company and yourself. Pop-up quiz on JavaScript. The questions were easy and fundamental. But you still need solid JavaScript knowledge. As someone mentioned <You Don't Know Javascript> should be adequate for this stage. I got confused a little at first because they did not mention anything about the pop-up quiz in the email.
The second interview was a paired coding session. I did this with zoom and screen sharing. The interviewer asked me to fetch data with a mockup API and organize data. A further question asked was to get data from a nested object. I was not able to complete the code due to time limitations. But I explained the logic. That was the only part I did not finish. They came back to me the next day telling me that I failed the interview. I appreciate the fast feedback, and the interviewer was nice and kind.
If you pass the second stage, there should be a three-hour coding interview and behavior test ahead.
To be honest, I don’t quite follow what a qualified candidate for them is like. I saw a post on Glassdoor with almost the same experience. And I am truly curious.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Canva (Sydney) in Dec 2025
Interview
1. Recruiter call, 2. AI-assisted interview, 3. Final around with 3 interviews: pair-style interview, software architecture, culture-fit interview
Everyone at Canva was so welcoming, warm, and helpful throughout the process. Communications were not as quick due to the holidays, but HR kept me updated throughout my whole journey till the offer phase.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Canva (Melbourne) in Sep 2025
Interview
First interview is a 30 min phone screening, second interview is an AI-Assisted interview with a broad question and you need to handle scoping and development.
Final interview is a 3 part interview in a day, 1hr javascript only programming, 1hr system design and 1hr behavioural inteview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Build Canva (but up to developer to define scope, e.g. drawing on a canvas with text creation).
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Canva (Auckland, Auckland) in Apr 2025
Interview
1) 1 hour call with People Researcher : 1st round screening is just a chat
2) 1 hour DSA recorded interview with an Engineer from Canva, it's a pair programming type of exercise where you are asked to solve a problem and talk through your solution
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