Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
1 Phone Technical, then an onsite.
Interviewers were smarter than my average FANG-type interview. Questions were engaging and difficult, and everyone was super nice. Leetcode medium-hard and typical system design questions.
In the end, I took this offer over other well-known top tech companies because my interviewers were so smart and empathetic.
The only main complaint I had was that I interviewed in the SF office for a position in NYC. I never got to see the NYC office. Maybe I'll come back and post about how that goes in a bit.
Questions
Data Structures & Algorithms
System Design
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 24 interview experiences for the Affirm Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
Affirm's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Affirm's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.
Affirm Work Experiences
- 5.0Good company to work forSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesFebruary 2, 2025Pros: Good money and opportunity to learnCons: Base pay is a little less than Meta and Google.
- 5.0Great place to workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesMay 23, 2022Pros: Amazing benefits and compensation. Work from home. Awesome spending wallet on food, tech, lifestyle, and health that refreshes monthly. Team culture: everyone is willing to help out, and senior leadership is always open to feedback. Great place to gain experience and grow under awesome engineers.Cons: Smaller company, so workload can get kind of heavy at times. A lot of learning by yourself when you first join. Documentation heavy on projects. Sometimes I feel like multiple project specs (project spec, product spec, tech spec) are unnecessary; having one technical document is enough. No 401k matching, but the other benefits are pretty good, so I don't really mind.
- 5.0Great Benefits, Tech DebtSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 29, 2022Pros: The company has good benefits.Cons: The company has tech debt.
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