Affirm·Software Engineer

Affirm Software Engineer interview experience

Posted Nov 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I interviewed with Affirm in November 2023, and the recruiter told me there wasn’t an official cooling-off period, though they suggested reaching out next quarter.

The interview itself went insanely well—I felt like I delivered strong, and I even got to the point where I knew they were seriously considering the fit.

Even with that momentum, the final decision went to someone with more experience. Separately, in the technical portion of the process, I remember the structure being three technical interviews plus a behavioral round, where the behavioral felt fairly standard but the technical questions were LeetCode-style with an emphasis on customized context tied to real company tasks—like identifying an anomaly in a list of credit card usage. That mix

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