I absolutely love working at Elastic. My recruiting and interview process was the best-organized and, frankly, most delightful experience I've had in my twenty-five year career. (Thanks, Anne!)
The people at Elastic, from the CEO on down, really do care about your experience of working at the company, and it's hard not to be reminded of that every day. I hope to work for Elastic for years and years to come.
Luckily, I'm experienced with distributed teams, but those who aren't might want to think seriously about whether or not Elastic is the right choice. For some people, it aligns with the way they naturally work, but for others, it's a potential challenge.
The initial recruiter call was informative and the two technical interviews were fairly comfortable. The first technical interview with a Principal Engineer was very domain-specific, testing for hands-on experience with React through a "real-world" e
I applied online and after a couple of weeks, got an email saying they decided to not move forward with me. No interview, no contact, even from HR. Really? I have over 15 years of experience, with the last 4 years in Principal/Tech Lead positions. I
Applied online. Heard back from recruiter relatively quickly to set up a phone screen. After this, the process took about a month and involved the following Zoom interviews: * Discussion of role + resume-focused technical questions with a member of
The initial recruiter call was informative and the two technical interviews were fairly comfortable. The first technical interview with a Principal Engineer was very domain-specific, testing for hands-on experience with React through a "real-world" e
I applied online and after a couple of weeks, got an email saying they decided to not move forward with me. No interview, no contact, even from HR. Really? I have over 15 years of experience, with the last 4 years in Principal/Tech Lead positions. I
Applied online. Heard back from recruiter relatively quickly to set up a phone screen. After this, the process took about a month and involved the following Zoom interviews: * Discussion of role + resume-focused technical questions with a member of