Interviewer went for a long lunch and missed the interview. After waiting around in the call for 15m I left. Accepted an offer elsewhere after that before going through the interview process any further.
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