Elastic

Senior Search Engineer Interview Experience - Tokyo, Japan

September 1, 2019

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview consisted of a phone screen, a coding test, and two technical interviews via Zoom.

The coding test involved some concurrency, basic algorithm, and data structure questions.

The technical interviews also involved some pair coding.

Questions

What was an interesting bug that you encountered recently, and how did you fix it?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Elastic Senior Search Engineer role in Tokyo, Japan.

Success Rate

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Pass Rate

Elastic's interview process for their Senior Search Engineer roles in Tokyo, Japan is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive100%

Neutral0%

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Elastic's Senior Search Engineer interview process in Tokyo, Japan.

Elastic Work Experiences

Experience of Elastic

Solutions Architect • Former Employee

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

January 9, 2023

Pros: Great work environment and benefits. Exciting solutions.

Cons: Bad management of HQ. Hiring too many people.

Experience of Elastic

Solutions Architect • Former Employee

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

January 9, 2023

Pros: Great work environment and benefits. Exciting solutions.

Cons: Bad management of HQ. Hiring too many people.

Intelligent people, wonderful culture, amazing product

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Pros: To be able to work for a company that is successful, on a product I actually care about, with people who are not only brilliant but enjoyable to be around... It's really an amazing thing.

Cons: Although there are active efforts to fight this, sometimes you can become an owner of a specific part of the product. This means you are responsible to provide support and maintenance of it, instead of sharing it with others.

Intelligent people, wonderful culture, amazing product

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Pros: To be able to work for a company that is successful, on a product I actually care about, with people who are not only brilliant but enjoyable to be around... It's really an amazing thing.

Cons: Although there are active efforts to fight this, sometimes you can become an owner of a specific part of the product. This means you are responsible to provide support and maintenance of it, instead of sharing it with others.

Stay away from support; it's not a place to grow

Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: There are a lot of amazing engineers there.

Cons: If you want to burn out and do it fast, this is the place. If you want to learn about Elastic and be a generalist (forget deep knowledge), this is the place. If you want not to have time and energy to learn anything else and grow, this is the place. They are hiring more and more managers, and the crew of support engineers is shrinking.

Stay away from support; it's not a place to grow

Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: There are a lot of amazing engineers there.

Cons: If you want to burn out and do it fast, this is the place. If you want to learn about Elastic and be a generalist (forget deep knowledge), this is the place. If you want not to have time and energy to learn anything else and grow, this is the place. They are hiring more and more managers, and the crew of support engineers is shrinking.

Experience of Elastic

Solutions Architect • Former Employee

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

January 9, 2023

Pros: Great work environment and benefits. Exciting solutions.

Cons: Bad management of HQ. Hiring too many people.

5.0
Experience of Elastic
Solutions Architect • Former Employee
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
January 9, 2023
Pros: Great work environment and benefits. Exciting solutions.
Cons: Bad management of HQ. Hiring too many people.

Intelligent people, wonderful culture, amazing product

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Pros: To be able to work for a company that is successful, on a product I actually care about, with people who are not only brilliant but enjoyable to be around... It's really an amazing thing.

Cons: Although there are active efforts to fight this, sometimes you can become an owner of a specific part of the product. This means you are responsible to provide support and maintenance of it, instead of sharing it with others.

5.0
Intelligent people, wonderful culture, amazing product
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
August 3, 2016
Pros: To be able to work for a company that is successful, on a product I actually care about, with people who are not only brilliant but enjoyable to be around... It's really an amazing thing.
Cons: Although there are active efforts to fight this, sometimes you can become an owner of a specific part of the product. This means you are responsible to provide support and maintenance of it, instead of sharing it with others.

Stay away from support; it's not a place to grow

Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: There are a lot of amazing engineers there.

Cons: If you want to burn out and do it fast, this is the place. If you want to learn about Elastic and be a generalist (forget deep knowledge), this is the place. If you want not to have time and energy to learn anything else and grow, this is the place. They are hiring more and more managers, and the crew of support engineers is shrinking.

2.0
Stay away from support; it's not a place to grow
Engineer • Current Employee
July 15, 2022
Pros: There are a lot of amazing engineers there.
Cons: If you want to burn out and do it fast, this is the place. If you want to learn about Elastic and be a generalist (forget deep knowledge), this is the place. If you want not to have time and energy to learn anything else and grow, this is the place. They are hiring more and more managers, and the crew of support engineers is shrinking.

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