Was reached out by internal Datadog recruiter 1 - 30 min call with recruiter to align objectives and describe interview process 2 - Technical interview with tech lead of the team, coding challenge. 3 - Technical interview with fellow engineer in sister team, coding challenge 4 - Technical interview with fellow engineer in the same team, system design 5 - Technical interview with hiring manager, technical discussions on best practices and past experiences 6 - Last technical interview with tech lead of the sister team, coding challenge Despite technically doing good at the challenges, the teams deemed that I didn't have enough experience for a Engineer II level (and they weren't looking for an Level 1).