I applied online. I interviewed at Datadog (New York, NY) in Jan 2025
Interview
Everything was great with datadog until the panel interview. The recruiter and coordinator were amazing with active engagement and clear steps on the process. I would rate them a 5/5 but things changed the further I got in the process. The initial hiring manager interview went great and I was excited about this particular HM. Mid process I was switched to another hiring manager. The panel interview with the new HM is where things took a turn. This hiring manager was dismissive and rude during the interview. The HM commented that the role was a backfill. The CSM was great, loved by their customers, and the book was overwhelmingly healthy but the CSM decided to move to another team. This was a bit of a red flag. After understanding the corporate landscape people don’t typically make a lateral move at this senior and large accounts level unless there are other underlying issues (management). Additionally another theme that kept popping up during the panel interview across all interviews was how difficult it could be working with the AEs. As no stranger to the CSM world there can be friction between sales and CS but the comments across the interview with the director, peer interviewer, and hiring manager gave me reason to pause. What was so different at datadog that was causing a heightened level of friction between the two groups that should partner together towards a common goal?
Overall, the interview with the hiring manager soured the experience but the interview with the director and the peer did not add anything positive to the experience either. If offered a position I would have had to think long and hard about working under this particular HM.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Datadog (Singapore) in Apr 2026
Interview
Was initially approached by the recruiter directly. The conversation was standard with standard questions, however it appeared that the questions were not relevant to my experience and the recruiter seemed irate at questions asked and had an overall condescending demeanour.
Recruiter was late. Just a prescreen call. Did not progress passed this point as there were stronger candidates in the pipeline. She was pretty unresponsive and seem unorganized about the whole thing.
Normal process. I interviewed for 3 different positions within a year. Made it to the final round for 2 of them but did not get an offer. It was good practice for interviewing.
