Datadog·Software Engineer

Datadog Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

United StatesPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first interaction with Datadog didn’t stretch into a long process.

I applied and got rejected the very next day, so fast it felt like the decision was automated—almost like they’d already filled the role but hadn’t removed the posting yet. That speed was honestly the biggest thing that threw me.

For the one other time I got to scheduling-level interviews, it followed a pretty typical progression: an initial screening and then an onsite-style loop with practical coding plus questions about past projects. I also remember follow-ups after implementing a solution, where they asked how I would adapt it to additional constraints. The overall difficulty level felt

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