I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Affirm
Interview
Some initial technical coding challenge and talked to a hiring manager, then a 5 hour onsite (6 hours if you count the breaks), with a mix of coding challenges, a design question, and a more behavioral interview with a hiring manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It was something along the lines of "Affirm cares a lot about diversity and inclusion, so can you talk about your thoughts on diversity and inclusion?" First time I had been asked about that in an interview, and was pleasantly surprised that they focus on that even before people get hired.
Easy but real-world problem solving stage and an interview with engineering manager, which lasted fifteen minutes - it looked like it was just a courtesy (to satisfy some internal policy requirement perhaps?) since the interviewer wasn’t really interested in anything I had to say. I received a rejection the day after, when asked for feedback I was ghosted
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a project that you worked on
What good/bad feedback did you receive in the past year
He tenido una primera entrevista de toma de contacto y una entrevista de live coding. Ambas entrevistas han sido muy interesantes y sencillas. Los entrevistadores han sido muy amables. El único problema ha sido que en la entrevista de código sí que requieren experiencia “actual” en el lenguaje de la oferta. Como recomendación, si tienes una entrevista en un lenguaje que no estás usando actualmente, dedica una semana a hacer pruebas tipo leetcode en dicho lenguaje, para no tener que pensar en cómo invocar las funciones
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Affirm in Apr 2026
Interview
I applied through their website, recruiter reached out to me. Process contains of initially one technical question, one managerial round and then 4 virtual onsite round. I got rejected in the first round
Affirm interviews FAQs
Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Affirm with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 51% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 39 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Affirm overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Affirm as a Senior Software Engineer according to 39 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
One on one interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 10%
Skills test: 9%
Presentation: 8%
Drug test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Personality test: 3%
Other: 3%
Background check: 3%
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