Initial call with recruiter after submitting resume. It was a pleasant conversation.

I found him very technical for a recruiter. He seemed to be trying to get to know more about my background and distributed systems experience.

Since I was excited about the Elastic opportunity, I asked for a couple of weeks to prepare for the interview. I didn't get enough time to prepare, though, as I had a tough time at work and with family.

Series of interviews with engineers from Spain, France, and the US.

All of them were very humble, great engineers. They were core open-source contributors, and one of them was an Apache Software Foundation member.

Overall, it felt like a really engineering-driven organization. I enjoyed the conversations.

The last two rounds were with the Engineering Manager and VP of Engineering. Both were checking for cultural fit. I got to know more about the engineering culture and priorities for the organization. Finally, a compensation discussion with the recruiter, which lasted less than 20 minutes :)

Felt really good about the overall scheduling, given that I and the interviewers were in different time zones.

Distributed systems, system design, JVM