I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Canva (Sydney) in Nov 2023
Interview
Very logical and clearly explained
Submitter the applocation
Got contacted by the HR
Had a good online interview
Got instruction for the more technical interview
Was stressed and failed the technical step
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It was very logical and all well-defined.
I was given a piece of code to use and complete a task.
I was stressed and failed to complete the task in time
The interviewer was kind and patient
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Canva (Vienna) in Apr 2026
Interview
Process consisted of multiple stages, some of which were bunched together. Initial proposal was to have some blocks of interviews lasting several hours.
They use an automated booking system, but possible times were generally wildly outside of timezone (22:00 through to 06:00). I had to wait weeks to have meetings within 07:00 to 20:00.
1. Call with HR - standard screening (tell me about yourself etc)
2. SQL test (not using an IDE, on a notepad)
3-5. Python/R, statistics, behavioural
Difficult due to range of skills tested.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions on data sets relating to canva users and measuring performance.
HR Phone Screen with general role description and understanding experience. Relatively short and just to understand if you suit the role.
Technical SQL interview with 3 technical and 1 broader theory based question, the technical questions increasing in difficulty