Datadog·Software Engineer

Datadog Software Engineer interview experience

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Tel AvivPosted Dec 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with a recruiter conversation that felt less like a formality and more like a genuine fit check.

I mentioned I was juggling another process and she pushed to accelerate the schedule so I could reach the end quickly and stay aligned with the other timeline.

After that, I went through a sequence that was very clear and very intentional. First came two coding interviews: one where I had to implement a stream-processing style setup that accepted logs and queries and returned log matches, and a second focused on building a prefix tag search. Then I had a system design interview where I had to implement something in the spirit of Reddit’s r/place. Next was an experience deep dive into a

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