I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Datadog (Paris) in Feb 2025
Interview
3 rounds:
- HR (general fit and experiences)
- PM / Hiring manager interview: detailed interview on past experiences, scope
- Panel interview: 4 interviews on different topics (analytical, technical, engineering fit, case study)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the value proposition of your product? How closely do you work with eng, QA testing or could you review code, do you understand your tech stack, do you understand the value of DevOps and cloud infrastructure?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Datadog in Jun 2025
Interview
Had an Interview with recruiter.
Was fairly straightforward and began with "tell me about yourself", why DataDog and why the specific team I am interviewing for.
Went on to an hour long interview with HM. Was ready for standard Product interview, sharing from my previous Product background and common questions like data-based decision, mistake in product direction, disagreement with manager etc. It was more trailored to speific questions reagrding the professional knowledge for the team I was interviewing for. The Interviewer was nice though very tough.
Still in the process and have 4 more interviews ahead - their loop interviews - technical, engineering, analytical, and case study
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You are a founder of a startup. 3-4 months old startup with small amount of features. Build a dashboard for yourself, what would you put on it and why. And then drilled in with more followup questions
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Datadog in Apr 2025
Interview
A recruiter reached out to me and the process was unprofessional. Of course, life happens, but how does one justify a recruiter flaking on a scheduled call within 30 minutes of each call on 3 separate occasions? On the final attempt to make it work, I even asked the recruiter a few hours prior if the time still worked, and they still flaked at the very last minute (literally at :59). Seems to me like they are trying to pump their candidate numbers with no regard to actually treating candidates with respect for their time.
