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Canva interviews

Australia

How they say to prepare

“we now inform candidates ahead of time that they'll be expected to use AI tools, and we highly recommend they practice with these tools before their interview.”

Simon NewtonCanva Engineering Blog author

Canva Engineering Blog · 2025-06-11

Practise with the tools first

Explain to a non-specialist what a capped metric can and cannot show.

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AI in the interview

“AI assistants can trivially solve traditional coding interview questions.”

Simon NewtonCanva Engineering Blog author

Canva Engineering Blog · 2025-06-11

Old questions are too easy for AI

Audit an AI panel’s claim against human experiments before a launch.

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“The most successful candidates stay actively engaged, critically reviewing and refining everything that gets generated.”

Karl HörnlundCanva interviewer

Canva Engineering Blog · 2025-10-20

Review everything generated

Audit an AI panel’s claim against human experiments before a launch.

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Last reviewed