I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Datadog (New York, NY)
Interview
typical technical structure consisting of recruiter, hiring manager, take home assignment, cultural/technical interview, director interview. technical interview includes product specific troubleshooting and a simple coding exercise level easy or medium leetcode
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you had to handle a difficult customer and what was the outcome?
I applied through LinkedIn. It did not that that long to come back to me. They reviewed my resume and cv, sent me an email to have a phone screening interview.
I applied online. I interviewed at Datadog (Seoul) in Feb 2026
Interview
I applied online, and a recruiter from Singapore reached out by email. They outlined the process as: 1. Hackerrank; 2. Interview with hiring manager (Functional background / projects / tools, Why support engineering role?); 3. Interview with other engineers on the team (Scenario based, How to handle multiple tickets, How to deal with difficult customers); 4. Live troubleshooting round (Role play how to act -- Ask questions on what they’re facing right now, Documentation provided during interview); 5. Director connect (Career goals, How datadog can help).
I applied online. I interviewed at Datadog (Ciudad de Mexico) in Feb 2026
Interview
En total son 5 entrevistas, junto con una asignación para la casa. No te confies porque a pesar de llegar a la última fase puedes ser fácilmente descartada si no respondes las preguntas del director que es quien toma la desicion final