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Staff Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

March 7, 2025
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

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.

Questions

Generic pattern matching medium/hard question pasted directly from leetcode.com

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Datadog Staff Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

0%
Pass Rate

Datadog's interview process for their Staff Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral0%
Negative50%

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