Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Canva with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Canva overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Canva as a Software Engineer according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Phone interview: 25%
Presentation: 17%
Group panel interview: 8%
Skills test: 8%
Background check: 8%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied online. I interviewed at Canva (Sydney) in Feb 2023
Interview
The first stage will take about 1 hour to have some general and technical questions with the recruiter. The recruiter will give the candidate some code snippet and test whether you know what the code is doing. The second stage will have a pair programming with a senior engineer in 1 hour.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some snippet code in the recruiter round. Pair programming in the second round.
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.
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