My Affirm loop

Hack2hire Community · 2026-05-15T06:00:00.025Z

Affirm - Interview Experience - Software Engineer Result: Offer Number of Rounds: 5 Phone screen was suspiciously easy 🤨. Domain-specific coding with 100+ lines of starter code, fintech context. Reading the starter code took 10 minutes. The actual coding was manageable. Wasn't sure if it was a warmup or a trap. Onsite was more real. A/B testing system design, a past experience deep dive, HM round, and a PM round. Past experience went well because I came with specific impact numbers. HM round fe...

User-asddt1d ago

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User-wmp601d ago

A/B testing SD is such a specific affirm staple. any resources you used to prep it?

chloe.chen1d ago

thought through core components: experiment tracking, assignment service, metrics collection. system design primer helped

User-ebiho1d ago

domain-specific coding with starter code is unusual. did the starter code actually help scope the problem?

chloe.chen1d ago

helped a lot. it gave you the data model upfront. reading it carefully is worth the 10 minutes

User-ruxdt1d ago

the HM round at affirm has a reputation. glad yours was just awkward and not a disaster

chloe.chen1d ago

yeah I'd heard about the PMI team specifically. wasn't my team so it was fine

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