I applied online. I interviewed at Affirm (Midtown New York)
Interview
One hacker rank test followed by a technical interview (1 hour) followed by virtual onscreen (around 3 hours). Easy - Medium DSA questions focusing on Hashmaps, Strings, Queues. Friendly interviewers just slight complaints with 1 recruiter. The questions were similar to the ones found on leetcode and other glassdoor answers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
String Manipulation
Queue Storing, Distributed Systems follow up
Hashmaps
I applied online. I interviewed at Affirm in Feb 2026
Interview
Very fast process with really friendly people. Great interview experience. The process went as such:
1. OA with standard leetcode style questions
2. Recruiter call
3. Technical focused on practical coding
4. Virtual onsite consisting of a behavioural and 2 practical coding technicals
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioural was mostly delving into my past experience
I applied online. I interviewed at Affirm in Dec 2025
Interview
new grad loop is as follows
OA -> 30 minute recruiter chat -> Technical Interview -> Virtual Onsite (Engineering Manager Behavioral + Technical Interview)
my recruiter was very helpful in clearing up questions i had about the structure / content of the interviews and responded quickly.
I applied online. I interviewed at Affirm (New York, NY) in Dec 2025
Interview
Overall good experience. Recruiter is very helpful along the way. 2 technical rounds and 1 behavioral round. First met with an engineer for the 1st technical and another engineer a few days later for the second round technical followed by a behavioral with a manager.
Software Developer New Grad applicants have rated the interview process at Affirm with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 64% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer New Grad roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 22 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 Software Developer New Grad according to 22 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 36%
One on one interview: 31%
Skills test: 19%
Presentation: 6%
Group panel interview: 3%
Other: 3%
Personality test: 3%
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