avant

Mid-sized

Avant is a financial technology company that provides personal loans, credit cards, and other consumer banking products, primarily serving middle-income consumers. It is known for using data science and technology to expand access to credit for underserved borrowers.

2 interview notes · updated Jul 2026

avant·Software Engineer·Technical Phone Screen

May 2026

Interviewed for a Credit Risk Analyst role at Avant. One question, fairly open-ended, the kind that sounds straightforward until you're actually in it trying to structure your answer on the fly.

Revenue dropped over a given period. Walk me through how you would diagnose what caused it.

“I went straight to segmentation, breaking it down by product, channel, customer cohort, that sort of thing.”

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avant·Software Engineer·Recruiter / HR Screen

Apr 2026

Interviewed for a credit risk intern role at Avant and got a finance fundamentals question pretty early on. Short interview, nothing too wild, but it made me realize I should've brushed up on basic lending business models beforehand.

How do credit card companies generate revenue?

“I knew the obvious answer (interest on balances) but fumbled when trying to go deeper.”

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