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← Elastic

New Grad / Junior Full-stack at Elastic

Full-stackNew Grad / JuniorNo offer◆ Commonly asked· 2025

5-round junior fullstack process. Pragmatic questions — more real-world than pure puzzles.

The loop · 5 rounds

01

Round 01 · 1 question

Online Assessment

Timed online coding / aptitude screen, usually the first filter.

  • Find the number of distinct substrings of length k.
    New Grad / JuniorMedium◆ Commonly asked
    #sliding-window#string
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02

Round 02 · 3 questions

DSA / Coding

Data structures & algorithms on a whiteboard or shared editor.

  • Product of array except self.
    New Grad / JuniorMedium◆ Commonly asked
    #array#prefix-sum
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  • Permutations.
    New Grad / JuniorMedium◆ Commonly asked
    #backtracking
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  • Container with most water.
    New Grad / JuniorMedium◆ Commonly asked
    #two-pointers#array
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03

Round 03 · 2 questions

Machine Coding

Build a working component or service under time pressure.

  • Implement an idempotent "charge" endpoint.
    New Grad / JuniorHard◆ Commonly asked
    #idempotency#payments
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  • Build a form builder that renders from a JSON schema.
    New Grad / JuniorHard◆ Commonly asked
    #react#forms
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04

Round 04 · 3 questions

Tech Deep-Dive

Deep questions on your core stack and fundamentals.

  • Debounce vs throttle — implement one from scratch.
    New Grad / JuniorMedium◆ Commonly asked
    #javascript#perf
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  • Explain optimistic vs pessimistic locking.
    New Grad / JuniorHard◆ Commonly asked
    #databases
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  • How do you optimize a slow React app? (profiling → fixes)
    New Grad / JuniorHard◆ Commonly asked
    #react#perf
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05

Round 05 · 2 questions

Behavioral / HR

Values, collaboration, and past-experience (STAR) questions.

  • Tell me about the hardest bug you have debugged.
    New Grad / Junior◆ Commonly asked
    #debugging#star
  • Describe mentoring or unblocking another engineer.
    New Grad / Junior◆ Commonly asked
    #mentorship#star

Practice each round across every company

  • Online Assessment
  • DSA / Coding
  • Machine Coding
  • Tech Deep-Dive
  • Behavioral / HR

◆ This experience is composed from commonly reported questions for this role and level. Real, individually-shared interviews will be layered in over time.