Affirm application questions — all 20, word for word
Affirm hires through Greenhouse. Beyond name, email and CV, its application form asks 20 questions, 12 of them required. 5 of them are required, fixed-choice questions about your eligibility to work. A cover letter is optional.
435 roles were open when this was last checked, mostly in engineering and data. The questions below are the form's own wording, not a paraphrase.
What Affirm has open
These are the roles the form was read from, as Affirm titles them, in Remote US, Remote Canada, Remote Poland, Remote Spain:
- Administrative Assistant IV
- Analyst, Early Career (Full Stack)
- Analytics Engineer II, Full Stack (Revenue Analytics)
- Analytics Lead, Deposit Fraud Risk
- Analytics Lead, Full Stack
- Analytics Lead, Full Stack (Collections & Recoveries)
- Analytics Lead, Full Stack (Strategic Revenue Insights)
- Chief of Staff Director, Product
- Client Success Lead
- Compliance Lead, Testing
- Compliance Manager (Data Protection Officer, Regulatory Compliance & Privacy)
- Compliance Manager, Card
14 of the questions below are ones at most two of the 213 employers measured ask (median: 18), the least standard being “Will you require immigration sponsorship at any point in the future to maintain authorization to work in the United States?”.
The eligibility questions
These are required, and answered from a fixed list rather than in your own words: work authorisation, visa sponsorship or security clearance. Employers often use questions like these to filter applications automatically, but Greenhouse's public data does not say whether Affirm does — so treat them as the answers most likely to matter, not as a verdict. Answer them honestly either way.
| Question | Answers accepted |
|---|---|
| Do you require immigration sponsorship to work for Affirm in the United States? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Will you require immigration sponsorship at any point in the future to maintain authorization to work in the United States? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Do you now, or will you in the future, require immigration sponsorship to work for Affirm in Canada? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Do you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status in Poland? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
| Do you require visa sponsorship to work at Affirm in the UK? required, fixed choice | Yes, No |
Every question on the form
| Question | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Do you require immigration sponsorship to work for Affirm in the United States? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Will you require immigration sponsorship at any point in the future to maintain authorization to work in the United States? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you now, or will you in the future, require immigration sponsorship to work for Affirm in Canada? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status in Poland? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Do you require visa sponsorship to work at Affirm in the UK? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| First Name | text | Yes |
| Last Name | text | Yes |
| text | Yes | |
| Phone | text | Yes |
| Resume/CV | file | Yes |
| Cover Letter | file | No |
| LinkedIn Profile | text | No |
| Current Company | text | No |
| Preferred Name | text | Yes |
| Name Pronunciation | text | No |
| Pronouns He/him/his, She/her/hers, They/them/theirs, My pronouns are not listed, I prefer not to say, I prefer to self describe |
select | Yes |
| Which U.S. State or Canadian Province do you reside in? Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado (+55 more) |
select | Yes |
| How did you first learn about Affirm as an employer? Affirm blog, Affirm Recruiting Team reached out, Affirm’s Career Site, AfroTech, Alumni Forum, Built In (+15 more) |
select | Yes |
| GitHub | text | No |
| text | No | |
| Portfolio | text | No |
| Other Links | textarea | No |
| Have you previously been employed at Affirm for any length of time? I have not previously been employed at Affirm, I have been employed at Affirm as a full-time employee, I have been employed at Affirm as a part-time employee, I have been employed at Affirm as an intern, I have been employed at Affirm as a contractor |
select | Yes |
| How do you identify? (gender identity) | text | No |
| How do you identify? (race/ethnicity) | text | No |
| Are you an EU citizen (a citizen of European Union Member State)? Yes, No |
select | Yes |
| Which country in the United Kingdom do you reside in? England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Other |
select | Yes |
| Preferred First Name | text | No |
What it's really asking about
Grouped by what each question is for, so you can prepare the answers that repeat across employers.
| Topic | Questions |
|---|---|
| Other | 5 |
| Visa sponsorship | 5 |
| Voluntary diversity questions (EEOC) | 3 |
| Remote or on-site | 2 |
| Role-specific screening | 2 |
| How you heard of them | 1 |
| Portfolio and links | 1 |
| Work authorisation | 1 |
What other employers ask
The same question rarely comes out the same way twice. These employers' forms are measured the same way, from their own job boards:
Pinwheel · Planetscale · Podium · Prodigal · Prolific · Quip
Before you apply
Have the answers to the required questions ready before you open the form — Affirm's asks for 12 of them, and Greenhouse does not save a partial application by default. Settle the eligibility questions first — they are the ones with no room to elaborate, so knowing your answer before you start tells you whether the rest of the form is worth your time.