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Staff Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

October 6, 2025
Positive ExperienceNo Response

Process

My experience with Datadog was outstanding. All the people I interacted with were nice and knowledgeable, and they were really patient, letting me take the time that I needed to evaluate other offers.

I’ll keep things a bit vague out of respect for Datadog.

Questions

Coding:

A data structure to efficiently handle a time-based stream of data.

System Design:

A service that aggregates user data from other services, displays them in a UI, and sends recommendations.

Project Deep Dive:

A presentation about a project that you worked on in the past.

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.