Datadog

Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

August 12, 2025

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Normal HR screeners up front, but then...

Weirdly neurotic vibes on the first tech screener interview round. There's no room for any expository creativity here. Answer the questions using their wording verbatim; don't have any fun with it.

Questions

Tell me about a time you overcame a challenge.

(Or something to that effect – basic STAR stuff.)

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 83 interview experiences for the Datadog Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

16%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive37%

Neutral23%

Negative40%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Datadog's Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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