I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Canva (Peking, Peking) in Jan 2018
Interview
three online interviews with engineers in Australia.
1st round with an lead software engineer, focusing on code design.
2nd round with 2 backend software engineers focusing on system design.
3rd round with 2 backend software engineers to write unit tests for existing code simulating real working environment.
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
