Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Madrid, Spain
March 1, 2025
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
Interviewers were professional and made the experience comfortable.
Technical rounds focused on relevant skills and problem-solving. They were not too hard.
Team matching was great—they aligned the role well with my experience.
Questions
Easy to medium difficulty coding questions. Not the standard LeetCode type.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 12 interview experiences for the Datadog Senior Software Engineer role in Madrid, Spain.
Success Rate
25%
Pass Rate
Datadog's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Madrid, Spain is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive75%
Neutral8%
Negative17%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Datadog's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Madrid, Spain.
Datadog Work Experiences
5.0
Great working environment
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Paris, France
July 3, 2025
Pros: - Great people
- Great technical challenges
- Great office (Paris, NY...)
- Great benefits and compensation
Cons: - On-call duty can wake you up at night from time to time.
3.0
Share price up, but cutthroat environment
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
June 2, 2026
Pros: Share price increases and good teammates to work with.
Cons: It is the Hunger Games around here.
3.0
Culture went downhill in 2023
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
New York, NY
August 17, 2026
Pros: Fun projects, great product, and great peers.
Cons: Corporate politics thanks to importing a bunch of Amazon and Google managers circa 2022.
Scapegoating.
Disconnect between engineering and product.
- 5.0Great working environmentSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeParis, FranceJuly 3, 2025Pros: - Great people - Great technical challenges - Great office (Paris, NY...) - Great benefits and compensationCons: - On-call duty can wake you up at night from time to time.
- 3.0Share price up, but cutthroat environmentSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeJune 2, 2026Pros: Share price increases and good teammates to work with.Cons: It is the Hunger Games around here.
- 3.0Culture went downhill in 2023Senior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, NYAugust 17, 2026Pros: Fun projects, great product, and great peers.Cons: Corporate politics thanks to importing a bunch of Amazon and Google managers circa 2022. Scapegoating. Disconnect between engineering and product.
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