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Canva Software Engineer Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a Canva Software Engineer interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated daily.

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CodingStart here. 19 questions · ~171 min
Code Review and ImprovementsMedium

Tests code review judgment, maintainability, and practical engineering tradeoffs.

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Improve Efficiency of ImplementationMedium

Tests your performance analysis and optimization approach.

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System Design19 questions · ~171 min
AI-Assisted Drag and Drop Shape EditorHard

Tests system design and product thinking for an interactive editor with AI assistance.

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Design a Reddit-Style Comments SystemHard

Assesses system design for hierarchical data, APIs, and scaling discussion features.

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Execution4 questions · ~36 min
Scalable Video Views DashboardHard

Evaluates system design for analytics dashboards and metric computation at Canva scale.

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Behavioral & Leadership5 questions · ~45 min
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More topics3 questions · ~27 min
Stack vs QueueEasy

Tests the difference between Stack and Queue, especially access order and common use cases.

Language FeaturesJVM InternalsData StructuresCanva
Storage and CPU FundamentalsMedium

Evaluates understanding of core system architecture concepts and trade-offs.

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JavaScript Event LoopEasy

Tests understanding of JavaScript concurrency and the event loop model.

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Hands-on SQL practiceWrite and run real queries in the editor. 3 drills · ~30 min
Compare Weekly User Activity TrendsMedium
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Aggregate user activity by week, then use LAG to compare sessions and watch time versus the prior active week.

Window FunctionsLag/LeadDate FunctionsB Lab GlobalTapadScale
Find Largest Funnel Step Drop-OffHard
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Use joins, aggregations, and a window function to find the funnel step with the largest user drop-off.

Window FunctionsFunnel AnalysisCase WhenAsanaHelloFreshAis
Rolling 7-Day System Error AverageMedium
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Calculate a rolling 7-day average of system error counts using window functions and date-based aggregation.

Window FunctionsDate FunctionsRunning TotalsDatadogToyotaAgile Defense
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