Datadog

Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Italy

September 1, 2025

Positive ExperienceNo Response

Process

The whole process ran smoothly, with excellent support from both HR and the recruiter. The hiring process consists of 4 steps:

Screening call
Coding challenge
Interview panel: coding challenge, system design, values and experience
Team matching

Questions

Tell me about a project you worked on.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Datadog Senior Software Engineer role in Italy.

Success Rate

67%

Pass Rate

Datadog's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Italy is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

Positive67%

Neutral33%

Negative0%

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

Datadog Interview Questions

Coin Change

Medium

Given a set of coin denominations and a target amount, find the minimum number of coins needed to reach that amount. You can assume you have an unlimited supply of each coin type.

ArraysDynamic Programming

Most Common Word

Easy

Find the most frequent word in a given paragraph, excluding a list of banned words. Return the most common word after performing case-insensitive comparison and removing punctuation.

ArraysStrings

Maximum Depth of N-ary Tree

Easy

Find the maximum depth (number of nodes along the longest path from the root) of an N-ary tree. Each node can have multiple children.

TreesRecursion