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Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York

October 13, 2020
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Process

I spoke with Michael Monaghan initially, and he has been a pleasure to work with throughout the entire process.

The second part of the process was speaking with the hiring manager. This took a while because he was on vacation, which is understandable, and I wasn't in any rush. This process also went well.

The third part was the coding challenge. I ended up doing something that's actually relevant to the job rather than the standard coding challenge, and they allowed me to skip their coding challenge and move on to the last set of interviews.

The last part involved a set of five conversations. First was a conversation with the hiring manager, then a coding challenge which included two questions I think would be easy and medium on LeetCode. This went well.

There was also a systems architecture interview, which is pretty standard. I was asked to design a system and worked with the interviewer on designing a product and improving pieces of the architecture.

The final step was a systems interview where I was asked about my previous experience and questions about some systems architecture. This was similar to the previous interview but different.

Everyone was a pleasure to work with, and I have accepted the offer.

Questions

Design a logging system.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 38 interview experiences for the Datadog Software Engineer role in New York, New York.

Success Rate

29%
Pass Rate

Datadog's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in New York, New York is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive58%
Neutral16%
Negative26%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Datadog's Software Engineer interview process in New York, New York.

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