Datadog Software Engineer interview experience

After the recruiter screening call, I went into an initial coding interview, then followed that with another coding interview that leaned more toward a specific area (backend/frontend). From there I moved into a system design interview, then a values interview, and after that an experience interview where we dug into my background.

There was also a team matching call at the end, and the whole thing had a real cadence to it—almost like each round was a checkpoint toward the next. I interviewed for the role in Madrid, and one part of the process was in person, which made the pressure feel a