Datadog·Software Engineer

Datadog Software Engineer interview experience

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MadridPosted Feb 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

Once I connected with recruiting, they were very upfront about what the interviews would look like and sent materials to get ready.

The process started with a first coding interview where the exercises were LeetCode-ish but styled around what the company actually does. The session had me working through two problems, using a familiar approach but with some extra framing in the setup.

After that, I went into a final set of rounds that included one more coding interview, a system design discussion, and a combined behavioral/values focus tied to a project I’d worked on. The coding moved into more advanced problem types like backtracking and dynamic programming, and the system design round was more about components,

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