Datadog·Solutions Engineer

Datadog Solutions Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

AustraliaPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My experience started normally: I had a recruiter call with basic questions, then I went through rounds with the hiring manager, a HackerRank assessment, and more technical and sales-focused interviews.

The process felt like it was moving along in a clean sequence, and I stayed engaged because everything seemed clearly step-based.

The problem was what happened after. Once the interviews were done, there was no update on whether I passed, no feedback, and no closure. I ended up following up multiple times just to get any response at all, and even then the communication dragged.

I also had moments where I completed the assessment and then nothing followed—after reaching back out to the recruiter a couple of times, I still didn’t get a reply. By the time I realized the updates weren’t coming,

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