I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Canva (Sydney) in May 2023
Interview
I interviewed in Sydney, it took about 7 weeks. its 6 interviews, and the Recruiter was very kind and helpful. First Round: Recruiter interview (45 min) Second Round: Pair programming interview (1 hour) Third Round (4 interviews): Behavior Interview (1 hour) 3 tech interviews (45min each)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Recruiter interview: around 30min about js basic questions ( Set, Map, Promises, setTimeOut, let, const, Math. floor..), also give around 7 snippets of JS code you should know what the code does. Pair programming interview: fetch many data from api and manipulate it ( mainly using recursive ) Reading about functional programming will be helpful Behavior Interview: General Behavior questions, you can prepare from https://prepfully.com/interview-questions/canva/frontend-engineer 3 Tech interview questions: Game and focus on the algorithm, other two interviews related to timing, setInterval It's important to practice pure JS code like addEventListner, setInterval, Date functions Recruiter will give you a lot of hints and material you can study
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 Sept 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