got a screen scheduled for a Frontend Engineer role on the editor team. trying to understand what the actual loop looks like in 2025-2026 because some posts I'm finding are from 2022 and things seem to have changed.
a few specific things I'm trying to nail down: is the technical screen still leetcode-style or more practical/systems? how many behavioral rounds and what values do they probe most? for frontend specifically, is it a DOM/JS deep dive or more React architecture? any sense of total loop length (weeks)?
if you've been through the eng loop in the last 6-8 months please drop what you can. even partial info is helpful. will share my full experience once I'm through it.
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remote_swe_42
went through the backend loop about 5 months ago. for eng: initial screen was one coding problem, not leetcode hard, more like a medium with a clear real-world framing. then system design focused on scale, specifically around something with high-write throughput. they explicitly said to talk about tradeoffs, not just describe a perfect architecture. behavioral rounds were two separate sessions, each about 45 min. total process was just under four weeks from screen to verbal offer.
mobile_mara
for mobile the technical round was less about algorithms and more about platform-specific patterns. lifecycle, rendering, performance. I'd expect frontend to be similar. knowing WHY you'd structure a component a certain way matters more than syntax recall. also: they mentioned performance at scale a few times because the Canva editor is legitimately complex to render.
infra_ines
the values they probe most from what I've heard across multiple Canva posts: 'Make It Happen' and 'Be a Good Human' come up constantly. the behavioral prep is worth doing properly. their values aren't vague filler, they actually use them to calibrate fit.