Datadog·Software Engineer

Datadog Software Engineer interview experience

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PortugalPosted Jul 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I ended up going through the Datadog interview process twice, and the difference between attempts mattered.

On the first pass, I didn’t make it through, but I received detailed feedback that I used to adjust before trying again. The second time, the process looked tighter and more defined: a recruiter call first, then an algorithmic coding task at a medium LeetCode difficulty, followed by a second coding stage where I had to implement a feature in an existing codebase. After that came system design built around architectural design of a hypothetical system, and then an experience-focused conversation—basically another look at my past project and the decisions I made.

I also had a values-style

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