Affirm Software Engineer interview experience

They said it would be leetcode-style and medium difficulty, but when the question came up, it felt more design- and runtime-driven than what I’d associate with typical leetcode.

I solved the first part, but the second question was a follow-up and I ran out of time. I didn’t feel like the problem was impossibly hard; what hurt me was that I wasn’t used to the style they were using. Once I couldn’t finish in the time window, the screen effectively ended for me.

Overall, I felt like my lack of familiarity with that specific flavor of question—not the difficulty level—was the main reason I