Datadog

Software Engineer Interview Experience

June 24, 2022

Neutral ExperienceGot Offer

Process

I found their posting on LinkedIn and applied.

They conducted regular interviews, starting with a behavioral phone call, followed by a LeetCode Easy question.

I received an offer. Overall, it was a quick and fine process.

Questions

LeetCode Easy problem Regular behavioral questions

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 86 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

Positive38%

Neutral23%

Negative38%

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

Datadog Work Experiences

Caring Environment, Fun Events

Software Engineer • Former Employee

October 5, 2023

Pros: Good environment, caring, many events organized.

Cons: No cons are at Datadog.

Caring Environment, Fun Events

Software Engineer • Former Employee

October 5, 2023

Pros: Good environment, caring, many events organized.

Cons: No cons are at Datadog.

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.

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.

Iuu

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Lasadiya, India

Pros: If it is its. You've begun

Cons: Why? It is the very behavior.

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Lasadiya, India

Pros: If it is its. You've begun

Cons: Why? It is the very behavior.

Caring Environment, Fun Events

Software Engineer • Former Employee

October 5, 2023

Pros: Good environment, caring, many events organized.

Cons: No cons are at Datadog.

5.0
Caring Environment, Fun Events
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Paris, France
October 5, 2023
Pros: Good environment, caring, many events organized.
Cons: No cons are at Datadog.

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.

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.

Iuu

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Lasadiya, India

Pros: If it is its. You've begun

Cons: Why? It is the very behavior.

5.0
Iuu
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Lasadiya, India
June 3, 2025
Pros: If it is its. You've begun
Cons: Why? It is the very behavior.

Datadog Interview Questions

Coin Change

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.

Dynamic Programming

Most Common Word

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.

Maximum Depth of N-ary Tree

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.

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