Canva Software Engineer interview experience

It was three questions to solve, and the whole thing felt like it was aimed at early-career problem solvers rather than someone with my level of experience. Even though I’d been in the industry for over a decade, the questions didn’t seem to map to real-world work I was doing day to day, and they were difficult enough that I couldn’t even picture myself getting through the rest of their usual multi-stage process.

I tried anyway: one question felt easier, one was medium, and the third was the hard one. The email said that if I was successful, I’d hear from a recruiter, so I stayed alert for a