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Affirm Software Engineer interview experience

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Bangalore RuralPosted Sep 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I had two medium-level technical interviews that focused on data structures and algorithms.

The first round included tasks like flattening a BST into a linked list, wave-sorting a linked list, and computing rotation counts for a sorted array.

In the second round, I ran into dynamic programming and linked list manipulation: maximum sum of non-adjacent elements and rearranging a linked list by alternating nodes. Both interviews felt like they were intentionally testing my problem-solving skills efficiently rather than just asking trivia.

Even though I didn’t move forward, I felt like the technical bar was clear and the questions were aligned with the theme of the role. The

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