Canva Software Engineer interview experience

After a basic screening set of questions, I jumped into writing code live. The technical portion ran long—about 3.5 hours total—and it included more than just solving a problem; I had to take existing code and add validations and extensions on top of it.

Later, I went through a code review style round where we talked through what was wrong with specific pieces of code and what advice I’d give the author. After that, there was system design and then behavioral. I generally liked the interviewers and felt the conversations were cooperative, and I received feedback relatively quickly compared