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Principal Java Engineer Interview

3 Feb 2026

Anonymous interview candidate

Declined offer

Positive experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Elastic in Dec 2025

Interview

One interview with a recruiter One tech interview with live coding with two members of the team One tech interview with technical discussion (no coding) with two members of the team One personal/behavior interview with two managers One final interview with hiring manager to ask questions

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

What are the semantics of `volatile` in Java.

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Elastic response

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Thank you for sharing your interview experience. We’re glad it was a positive experience overall and appreciate your feedback on the process—it helps us improve.

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Principal Java Engineer Interview

30 Oct 2023

Anonymous interview candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Elastic in Oct 2023

Interview

The whole interview process is very clear and transparent. The recruiter is very helpful along the way and provides clear instructions along the way. What I like the most is they also provide feedback.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

3 pre-screen questions using CodeSignal

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Elastic response

Thank you for sharing your review, we're so glad to see that you had a positive candidate experience interviewing with Elastic!

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