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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Feb 9, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through other source. I interviewed at Affirm in Dec 2024

      Interview

      Everything went well, except for the final coding interview. They gave me a soft pass after I strongly passing all the tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The overall interview process was smooth. I was able to select an interview date efficiently, the instructions were clear, and the people were friendly. I also appreciated Affirm's transparent culture, especially their willingness to provide interview feedback. However their systems seem to broken or the last interviewer was not honest to report my performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I remember enjoying a great conversation with the interviewer about my background and skills before solving the coding questions, and we had a good vibe throughout the interview. The coding problem was fairly easy for me. I solved it quickly, passing all the test cases. There were follow-up questions, which I also completed successfully, and then the other additional follow-up questions that I still handled without issue. After the interview, I told my wife that I nailed it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I did struggle a bit during one of the BQ rounds (performed well for another BQ round), but I thought the worst-case scenario would be continually interviewing with another team since I passed the technical rounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To my surprise, I didn’t pass the final coding interview, and now I’m frozen from reapplying for a year. Thanks to their interview feedback, I realized that I actually failed the coding round where I thought I performed so well. I’m left wondering if there was a system error causing this mismatch in evaluation or if they simply failed candidates randomly. It’s disappointing because I genuinely believed I was a good fit for Affirm.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      I signed the NDA that I cannot tell
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      2

      Other Senior Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Affirm

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 5, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Warsaw, Masovia
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Affirm (Warsaw, Masovia)

      Interview

      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
      Answer question
      1

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Apr 26, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Madrid
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Affirm (Madrid)

      Interview

      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

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Apr 15, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      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

      Jobs at Affirm

      31 jobs in United States
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      ·
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      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%

        IQ intelligence test:  4%

        Drug test:  4%

        Other:  3%

        Personality test:  3%

        Background check:  3%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Software Engineer(74) ;
        2. Senior Software Engineer(28) ;
        3. Analyst(12) ;
        4. Product Manager(12) ;
        5. Staff Software Engineer(11) ;
        6. Operations(9) ;
        7. Software Engineer II(8) ;
        8. Account Executive(7) ;
        9. Client Success Manager(7) ;
        10. Engineering Manager(6) ;
        11. Operations Associate(6) ;
        12. Team Lead(6) ;
        13. Sales(5) ;
        14. Senior Manager(5) ;
        15. Customer Operations(4) .


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