Affirm·Software Engineer

Affirm Software Engineer interview experience

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Montreal, QCPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My technical interview centered on a problem very similar to “insert/delete/getRandom in O(1),” the kind of thing that uses a hashmap or dictionary to manage state efficiently.

There was the main question and then a follow-up that pushed it a bit further. The interviewer was genuinely helpful and kind throughout, and I kept feeling like I could make progress rather than being judged instantly.

I passed the interview, but the process didn’t continue—someone else took the position before my next round ever happened. It was a little deflating because the technical part went well, and there wasn’t any sense of feedback or closure beyond the role being filled.

I left the experience with mixed feelings: good interview quality and support, but an outcome that depended

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