A take-home coding quiz is a common tool used by employers in the technology sector to assess the programming skills of job candidates. This type of assessment allows applicants to showcase their coding proficiency, problem-solving abilities, and creativity in a more relaxed and familiar environment, often their homes. Unlike traditional on-site technical interviews, take-home quizzes provide candidates with the opportunity to approach coding challenges at their own pace, using their preferred resources and tools. Typically, employers will provide a set of problems or a project that requires candidates to write and submit code within a specified timeframe.
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Question 1
The task is to write an algorithm that takes two parameters. The first parameter is an array of integers (a), the second is an integer (k). You are asked to return the length of the longest subarray within a, such that the sum of its elements is less than or equal to k.
Technical interview focused on coding and system design problems, emphasizing clean code, scalability, and architectural decisions.
Received detailed, professional feedback highlighting strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement in design and implementation.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Canva (Sydney) in Nov 2025
Interview
Interview went well, everyone was nice and communication from team was great, 3 rounds of interviews, get to know you (minor technical questions), ai code interview, and final 3 round interview (system design, behavioral, live coding)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do a system design for a Merchandising store, give api request examples and also structure of data objects etc
