Senior AI Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Datadog with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 48.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Datadog as a Senior AI Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Phone interview: 50%
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Datadog in May 2026
Interview
The Interview process was long and exhausting, I had a screening and then 4 Technical Interviews.
But, hey were very nice people overall and seemed genuinely interested in creating a good experience for the candidate. However, from my perspective, they seemed to be focused on the wrong things and some of their interviewers style is disgenuine and cold faced.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
On System Design Round
Q: Design a real time Canvas like service that every user can pick a tile from 1000x1000 tile Board and paint it with a color. With the caveat that a user can perform only one mutation kn a 5 minutes window