Datadog·Software Engineer

Datadog Software Engineer interview experience

Posted Jan 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a recruiter chat, then quickly shifted into more specialist technical evaluation.

I had a language-focused discussion centered on Golang, which went beyond surface-level questions and felt like a deep dive into how I reason and communicate with that stack.

After that, the loop continued with multiple interviews packed into a short span: coding, design, and a manager-style conversation. One of the technical screens also involved a packet-counting problem over sliding windows of time, essentially combining logic with careful interpretation of the scenario.

Even though the schedule involved a lot of steps, it didn’t drag out in a way that felt unfair. I could do multiple

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