Datadog Senior Software Engineer interview questions

I've applied via LinkedIn without referrals for a remote role in Amsterdam. Steps were 1. A call with recruiter 2. Phone screen with 2 easy tasks 3. Take home assignment (3-4 hours of coding, it can be a trap if you implement the task naively) Then there was a virtual onsite with 3 rounds in one day 4. Live coding - medium complexity, solved it, covered all the corner cases, possibly I could have anticipated follow-ups better. It was strange that interviewer told me that I am allowed not to bother about discussing the solution and just jump into coding. I still did discuss it. 5. System design: one of popular questions, I believe I did really well here and kept driving the conversation. 6. Interview with hiring manager: he seemed to be not really interested, distracted or tired. Only one "tell me about the time" question, mostly talks about my current project. It was kind of disappointment. I checked Blind and they've already suspended hiring for remote positions at that time, nevertheless the process kept rolling. Got a standard rejection email after couple of days. The recruiter offered to provide my availability if I'd like to hear more details. I did it but got ghosted. After 2 weeks got another email with excuses and asking for my availability again and got ghosted for the 2nd time. Ok, just deleted all emails with them and moved on. Overall it was a good and useful experience except the hiring manager interview and communication with the recruiter after rejection. Obvious disappointment after claims about "candidate experience"

Recruiter call, tech screen, recruiter call, virtual onsite (coding 1, 2, behavioral). All in all this process stretched out over two months, so the most extensive of any I had encountered