I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Affirm in Dec 2021
Interview
I interviewed for a front-end focused engineering role. The process took over a few weeks to complete. Interview process involved multiple rounds:
1. recruiter screen
2. manager screen
3. take-home challenge or 2 1-hour technical interviews (I chose the take-home challenge)
4. zoom onsite
Zoom onsite consisted of:
- take-home challenge walk-through
- 2 system design rounds
- 2 manager behavioral rounds
- recruiter round to wrap everything up
I have absolutely no complaints about the interview process as this was one of the more pleasant ones in my job search. I was constantly notified about where I was in the process. Everyone I spoke to was knowledgeable, professional. and refreshingly enthusiastic about the product. The onsite, though a bit lengthy, was straightforward and contained no surprises given adequate preparation. After I finished the onsite, I received feedback and offer details the very next day.
Affirm genuinely cares about diversity, equity, & inclusion. Be prepared to give your thoughts on the topic.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- front-end focused take-home challenge (design choices, trade-offs, etc.)
- 2 system design problems focused on how data is structured and sent between client and server
- thoughts on diversity, equity, & inclusion
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
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