Build span trees from unordered trace spans

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This question evaluates skill in reconstructing hierarchical relationships from unordered span records, testing understanding of tree structure assembly, orphan/root detection, and ordering children by timestamp within the Coding & Algorithms domain.

Build span trees from unordered trace spans

Company: Datadog

Role: Software Engineer

Category: Coding & Algorithms

Difficulty: medium

Interview Round: Technical Screen

Overview: This question evaluates skill in reconstructing hierarchical relationships from unordered span records, testing understanding of tree structure assembly, orphan/root detection, and ordering children by timestamp within the Coding & Algorithms domain.

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Feb 12, 2026
mediumSoftware EngineerTechnical ScreenCoding & Algorithms
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