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noahkimJun 7, 2026

Affirm 5-round loop - HM round tanked a clean technical process

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User-qplq1Jun 7, 2026

Did the SD interviewer extend time past 60 minutes or was it strictly capped?

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noahkimJun 7, 2026

Yeah we went maybe 15 minutes over. That round actually felt positive.

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mayapatelJun 7, 2026

The loan hierarchy problem with 100+ lines of starter code is peak Affirm. Reading comprehension test disguised as a coding interview.

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arjunjainJun 7, 2026

The HM round killing an otherwise clean loop is such a documented Affirm thing. I've warned a few friends about this.

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User-rvs5uJun 8, 2026

Filtering out qualified people because of one disengaged HM is a waste. Sorry this happened.

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User-xd60eJun 7, 2026

Did you know which team you were interviewing for going in? Some teams have a worse rep than others.

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noahkimJun 7, 2026

Payments infra team. Thought I was safe but apparently not.

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User-23bduJul 12, 2026

Hi, For the PII data problem, what did the problem look like? Also, how did you approach correcting the incorrect method? For the second problem, was it about matching transactions to fraud events? I tried looking for patterns but couldn't find any clues. Thank you in advance!

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