Affirm phone screen - fraud detection, pending

Hack2hire Community · 2026-06-12T06:00:00.033Z

Affirm phone screen - fraud detection, pending Result: Pending Number of Rounds: 1 Phone screen was the fraud detection problem. Part 1: debug existing code that processes customer events with PII data (address, email, SSN). Part 2: implement detection logic to flag fraud events. Not algorithmic. Just careful JSON and dict handling. Started reading the problem and immediately felt the time pressure. The starter code was 100+ lines which eat up the first 15 minutes even if you read fast. Got thro...

User-e9ms55d ago

Affirm phone screen - fraud detection, pending

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User-ai0xs5d ago

The fraud detection problem is a known Affirm question. Getting both parts done is a good sign.

liamchen075d ago

2 YOE at Affirm is ambitious. Curious how the difficulty felt relative to your experience.

emilychen055d ago

Did they give any time hints or was it just one continuous 60 minute block?

noahpatel035d ago

One continuous block. Interviewer let me know when there were 10 minutes left which was helpful.