I applied online. I interviewed at Canva (Sydney) in Jun 2024
Interview
Interview lasted exactly 3 minutes until the interviewer realised I had no production Java experience. Though it was listed as one of the desired skills in the job ad it wasn't specified as necessary, and my application specifically called out that it wasn't something I had (though I did have plenty of experience with other high-level languages).
Initial interview round then tech assessment,
The initial interview was basic Q and A concerning programming fundamentals.
Second round was a tech test, where one must implement a solution to solve a problem.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Canva (Sydney) in Mar 2024
Interview
Canva's recruiter initiated the process with basic screening questions followed by a live coding session. The final round was 3.5 hours. It had another coding round which required adding validations to existing code and extending it. Next was a code review then system design and finally behavioural. I enjoyed the interview sessions. Found the interviewers cooperative and received feedback very quickly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Basic Java OOP for screening.
- Tic-tac-toe for live coding
- Game of life for system design