The technical interview experience was extremely concerning. I successfully completed their LeetCode technical screen with thorough discussion and testing, finishing with 15 minutes remaining on the call. Later, I received a rejection email with feedback that I "did not complete" the exercise, and that explanations of the algorithm's inner workings were considered a waste of time.
The company's handling of feedback and clarification requests was unprofessional. They avoided direct answers, required management escalation and multiple internal discussions, and ultimately provided no clear explanation. This demonstrates serious issues with their interview process and communication.
Generic pattern matching medium/hard question pasted directly from leetcode.com
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Datadog Staff Software Engineer role in United States.
Datadog's interview process for their Staff Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Datadog's Staff Software Engineer interview process in United States.

