I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Elastic (Bucharest, Bucuresti) in Mar 2026
Interview
1 Interview with the HR.
1 With 2 team managers.
1 technical with 2 engineers>
A ferry nice atmosphere during the interviews, verry friendly people!
I appreciate the HR (Neil), which kept me in touch in every step of the process and was verry prompt to deliver the feedback!
The technical one was limited by time so it was in a rush in a lot of topics: Debug, Kubernetes, Docker, Observability, Java, SysAdmin, Networking, Linux, AAD, SQL, Cloud, Elastic etc.
Would advise to speak about the topic and what experience you have on the subject until they stop you, so you can highlight what you did with that technology in order to avoid leaving an impression that you do not know much because of a wrong answer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The technical one was limited by time so it was in a rush in a lot of topics: Debug, Kubernetes, Docker, Observability, Java, SysAdmin, Networking, Linux, AAD, SQL, Cloud, Elastic,SSL certificate, JVM GC etc.
What is a daemonSet in Kubernetes?
Thank you for sharing your experience interviewing with Elastic. We’re sorry to hear that your experience wasn’t as positive in the further rounds of your interview process. We will be sure to take this feedback into consideration to improve our interview process for future candidates.
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2 Managers
3 Technical
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