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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience

August 22, 2026
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks.

A recruiter reached out. There was a phone screening and then another HackerRank LeetCode-style interview. The process was nice and there was feedback along the way. I didn't pass the LeetCode interview although I answered it correctly.

Questions

Easy-medium LeetCode - two pointers, sliding window with a twist that's related to Datadog world: bucketing of metrics, aggregation of logs.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 115 interview experiences for the Datadog Senior Software Engineer role.

Success Rate

40%
Pass Rate

Datadog's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive70%
Neutral12%
Negative17%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Datadog's Senior Software Engineer interview process.

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