Affirm·Backend Engineer

Affirm Backend Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

United StatesPosted Feb 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I interviewed for a Software Engineer role with some flexibility in format, and while the process was eventually thorough, the later stages were more intense than I expected.

Phone screen — A preliminary call before the technical stage.
Technical choice — I opted for a take-home assignment (instead of a one-hour live technical coding session), spending several hours on it.
Virtual onsite (6-hour Zoom panel) — Multiple back-to-back sessions with several people across the company.
Technical onsite emphasis — Two of the onsite sessions were technical coding interviews. Outcome: I didn’t get the offer; I felt the take-home option was reasonable, but the onsite coding load was discouraging.

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