User-qm9juMay 28, 2026

Affirm offer - HM round almost derailed it

Hack2hire Community · 2026-05-28T06:00:00.030Z

Affirm offer - HM round almost derailed it Result: Offer Number of Rounds: 6 Just got my Affirm offer after what felt like a weirdly exhausting loop. Phone screen was the loan parent-company hierarchy problem. You get this giant wall of starter code and business rules, spend 15 minutes just reading, then implement. The logic isn't hard algorithmically but the edge cases are sneaky. Almost ran out of time on a corner case. VO had five rounds. Coding was similar vibe to the phone screen. System de...

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jacobmillerMay 28, 2026

how long did the whole loop take start to finish?

vikramreddyMay 28, 2026

the loan parent hierarchy problem is legitimately annoying. not hard but the edge cases are endless

User-nrnosMay 29, 2026

Will the UF solution wont handle all the edge case? Tomo I have screening.

User-xlmmmMay 28, 2026

the reading speed thing is real. first time i saw the starter code format i panicked spending 20 min just reading the problem

User-ssc8jMay 28, 2026

congrats! which team? heard the PMI one is rough

User-tolamMay 28, 2026

same experience with the HM round, mine was late and completely checked out the whole time. still somehow got the offer too

noahdavis02May 29, 2026

lol this is actually reassuring. wondering if the HM round is just a formality for some teams

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