Software Engineer Interview Experience - Lisbon, Portugal
November 1, 2021
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
- HR phone call
- Live coding session (2 questions)
First, I had a formal interview with HR.
Second, I had a live coding interview with a SRE. He seemed to be friendly.
I am still currently enrolled in the interview process.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 5 interview experiences for the Datadog Software Engineer role in Lisbon, Portugal.
Success Rate
20%
Pass Rate
Datadog's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Lisbon, Portugal is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive60%
Neutral40%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Datadog's Software Engineer interview process in Lisbon, Portugal.
Datadog Work Experiences
5.0
Strong engineering team
Software Engineer • Current Employee
August 14, 2019
Pros: Smart engineers
Good engineering processes
Great opportunity to learn about real scalability challenges
Cons: Some challenges that come with growing so fast.
2.0
Good benefits! Bad development process
Software Engineer • Current Employee
December 16, 2022
Pros: - Good benefit
- Some interesting tech
Cons: Team process is not efficient. There is a lot of waste since there are a lot of knowledge silos. Some teams evaluate based on PR numbers by devs. This is not a good practice.
5.0
Great place
Software Engineer • Former Employee
New York, NY
March 1, 2026
Pros: Great pay and teammates.
Cons: Can have limited growth on some teams.
- 5.0Strong engineering teamSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeAugust 14, 2019Pros: Smart engineers Good engineering processes Great opportunity to learn about real scalability challengesCons: Some challenges that come with growing so fast.
- 2.0Good benefits! Bad development processSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeDecember 16, 2022Pros: - Good benefit - Some interesting techCons: Team process is not efficient. There is a lot of waste since there are a lot of knowledge silos. Some teams evaluate based on PR numbers by devs. This is not a good practice.
- 5.0Great placeSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, NYMarch 1, 2026Pros: Great pay and teammates.Cons: Can have limited growth on some teams.
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