Canva

Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Australia

January 30, 2024

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Live coding session for implementing a Tic-Tac-Toe app.

We first played the game for a bit, and then started coding.

We have to implement a way to check the winning state.

We also discussed implementing the game in distributed systems.

Questions

Implement a Tic-Tac-Toe game.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 33 interview experiences for the Canva Senior Software Engineer role in Australia.

Success Rate

15%

Pass Rate

Canva's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Australia is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive24%

Neutral21%

Negative55%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Canva's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Australia.

Canva Work Experiences

Good Perks, Slow Progress

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

North Sydney, Australia

Pros: - Free food! - So many clubs and activities. - I work in Infra, so not super heavy on Software Engineering. - Good PR to the product.

Cons: - Growing pains - Very old practices, and there seems to be a lot of inertia in my org.

Good Perks, Slow Progress

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

North Sydney, Australia

Pros: - Free food! - So many clubs and activities. - I work in Infra, so not super heavy on Software Engineering. - Good PR to the product.

Cons: - Growing pains - Very old practices, and there seems to be a lot of inertia in my org.

Good compensation and culture, but slow processes

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Good compensation, great culture, and people.

Cons: Processes are slow and bureaucracy is increasing.

Good compensation and culture, but slow processes

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Good compensation, great culture, and people.

Cons: Processes are slow and bureaucracy is increasing.

Trending down

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

January 14, 2026

Pros: There are amazing coworkers still around. There is fun work at times.

Cons: Product direction is getting clueless over time. Engineers are forced to churn out features while the quality of work rots. There is top toxic fake positivity. Droves of top talents are leaving.

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

January 14, 2026

Pros: There are amazing coworkers still around. There is fun work at times.

Cons: Product direction is getting clueless over time. Engineers are forced to churn out features while the quality of work rots. There is top toxic fake positivity. Droves of top talents are leaving.

Good Perks, Slow Progress

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

North Sydney, Australia

Pros: - Free food! - So many clubs and activities. - I work in Infra, so not super heavy on Software Engineering. - Good PR to the product.

Cons: - Growing pains - Very old practices, and there seems to be a lot of inertia in my org.

4.0
Good Perks, Slow Progress
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
North Sydney, Australia
August 3, 2023
Pros: - Free food! - So many clubs and activities. - I work in Infra, so not super heavy on Software Engineering. - Good PR to the product.
Cons: - Growing pains - Very old practices, and there seems to be a lot of inertia in my org.

Good compensation and culture, but slow processes

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Good compensation, great culture, and people.

Cons: Processes are slow and bureaucracy is increasing.

5.0
Good compensation and culture, but slow processes
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Sydney
June 9, 2026
Pros: Good compensation, great culture, and people.
Cons: Processes are slow and bureaucracy is increasing.

Trending down

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

January 14, 2026

Pros: There are amazing coworkers still around. There is fun work at times.

Cons: Product direction is getting clueless over time. Engineers are forced to churn out features while the quality of work rots. There is top toxic fake positivity. Droves of top talents are leaving.

2.0
Trending down
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Sydney
January 14, 2026
Pros: There are amazing coworkers still around. There is fun work at times.
Cons: Product direction is getting clueless over time. Engineers are forced to churn out features while the quality of work rots. There is top toxic fake positivity. Droves of top talents are leaving.

Canva Interview Questions

Basic Calculator

Implement a basic calculator to evaluate a simple expression string. The expression can contain parentheses, addition, and subtraction.

Basic Calculator II

Implement a basic calculator to evaluate a simple expression string. The expression can contain non-negative integers, '+', '-', '*', '/' operators, and spaces; integer division should truncate toward zero.

Game of Life

Simulate the Game of Life, updating the state of a board based on the rules of cell survival and death in each generation. Modify the board in place to represent the next generation.

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