The interview experience started off well but quickly deteriorated. It was the typical interview stages with a screening, a portfolio review etc. They made sure to send out Canva-made brand packs about how working there is amazing and to be yourself. Turns out there is a Canva way and the wrong way. They want to see how much your designs already look like Canva and are not tolerant of anything that looks non-Canva. That's a challenge because doing design at any other company is bound to produce work that does not look like Canva's design system. After the portfolio review, the feedback provided centred on trivial issues, and conflicting feedback from the recruiter made things worse. Overall, it was a negative, confusing and thoroughly disappointing experience.