I cold applied online and heard back about a week later. I then had a screener call with a recruiter who super friendly. The call didn’t require any preparation. They asked pretty straight forward questions about my experience.
Hiring screen, then hiring manager interview, then final round panel consisting of 4 interviews. Recruiter was super friendly and active with helping me prepare for the different interview types - product sense, strategy, engineering manager, and system design.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Datadog (New York, NY) in Feb 2026
Interview
1st round is a recruiter screening. typical questions asked like tell me about yourself, why do you want to work here. 2nd round is a hiring manager round to go into more detail on experience and technical background. there is a discussion about the specific product that you would own. Lastly there is a panel round with 2 behavior and 2 technical interviews with product and engineering leaders.