Datadog·Solutions Engineer

Datadog Solutions Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

São Paulo, São PauloPosted Jun 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a fairly standard, multi-round Solutions Engineer flow that started with an English-language HR conversation.

I answered the usual basics—who I was, whether I knew Datadog, and my salary expectations—before moving on to an online HackerRank test with several prompts around SQL, Linux, containers, APIs, and installing/setting up a Datadog agent.

After that, I met the hiring manager for behavioral questions with a bit of technical seasoning, then I progressed to very deep technical questioning with the SE team. The process felt intense enough that I walked out feeling like I’d put everything into it, but ultimately I didn’t make it through the technical stage.

What stuck with me was how much time and

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