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      Engineering Role Interview

      22 Jun 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Datadog in Jun 2021

      Interview

      Wow, I can honestly say I had the worst interview experience in my entire professional career at Datadog. I went through the entire interview process (recruiter, hiring screen, take home, panel), and there were red flags starting the second stage. The recruiter was very friendly and kind, and attentive to responding to emails. That was the only part of the interview that was a positive experience. The rest of my interviews were all conducted by men. As a woman, I understand that there are more men in this industry than women, and it's not uncommon that I go through entire interviews not interacting with a single woman. However, the interviews at Datadog were AWFUL. The bro culture is strong. Everyone who interviewed me seemed really negative and unhappy, and showed zero empathy or human-ness to them. I had stone faces staring at my in my panel, with some of them zoning out and not paying attention. The questions asked were things you can find answers to on the internet. Not much was asked around my experience, but rather a long string of trivia. Biggest red flag for me though was their "yes" culture. They say yes to everything, even without considering the viability of the proposal and take a "we'll deal with it later" approach. No wonder generally morale seemed low. When asked about the lack of women, they informed me that there are indeed women on the team... all at the lowest level possible compared to men on the team. No women leadership for the most part. This company seems like a great place to be if you are looking to join a boys club and hang with the bros.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Describe, in detail, the technical architecture of your previous company.
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      Datadog response
      4y
      Thank you so much for taking the time to write this review. We are sincerely sorry for what you experienced throughout the interview process - what you've described couldn't be further from the candidate experience we are looking to provide. At Datadog we are committed to constantly improving the way we hire; we strive for an inclusive community to ensure we create a culture of belonging. We certainly still have a long way to go in terms of diversity, but know that we are working hard to bring much more representation to our teams. In regards to the impression you had from our interviewers, we're disappointed to hear about this behaviour. We’ve already taken this feedback back to the entire team to make sure we are all being open, inclusive, humble, and respectful - following our Engineering values. Our Tech Recruiting team and Engineering leadership team are aware of this situation and we're working to improve our process taking into account the feedback you’ve provided. If you feel like there is additional feedback you'd like to share with us please reach out to tech-recruiting-gd@datadoghq.com. We would love to have the opportunity to identify more areas of improvement by learning from your experience. Once again, we appreciate you taking the time to leave this review so that we can continue to learn from our missteps. Sincerely, -Your Tech Recruiting Team