Software Engineer Interview Experience - London, United Kingdom
Process
HR call with recruiter. They will ask you to explain some JavaScript snippets right away in the HR screening, including:
- Time complexity of search in an array and a self-balancing tree.
- Explain the event loop and how to make multiple requests without blocking.
The second interview was an AI-assisted coding interview, where you need to build a project from scratch. I was asked to build a simplified version of Canva. This might sound easy, but the AI agent needs to write a lot of code and can introduce many bugs. You won't have time to debug.
Prepare and practice for this round a lot.
Questions
Build Canva with an AI coding tool.
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Interview Statistics
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Success Rate
Canva's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in London, the United Kingdom is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Canva's Software Engineer interview process in London, United Kingdom.
Canva Work Experiences
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- 3.0Talented Friends, Credit StealersSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeOctober 8, 2025Pros: Some people are really talented, great lifelong buddies.Cons: Some people are idiots. They can't do anything but only steal other people's credit.
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