How to ace the Elastic Certified Engineer Exam with some tips, techniques on preparation strategy, exam environment, probable (likely to be asked) questions, link to mock practice tests, making use of accommodations and finally on getting FREE certification attempt.

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Acing the amazing Elastic Certified Engineer
Exam
(APAC Version)
Date:10th May 2022 Sandeep Kanabar

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Elastic User Groups

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Connect with the Elastic Community
Slack workplace
APAC Virtual
user group
ela.st/slack
community.elastic.co
/apj-virtual/
ela.st/yt-community
YouTube
discuss.elastic.co
Technical
Forums

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Elastic Contributor Program
elastic.co/community/contributor

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Start a Cloud trial!
https://ela.st/elasticsearch-service-trial-meetups

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Today’s Presentation Agenda
● First steps
● Exam Environment
● Preparation Strategy, Tips, Probable Questions
● Effective use of Elastic Documentation
● Confidence Booster - FREE Mock Exams
● Using accommodations, if applicable
● How to get Free Certification

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About me
● Engineer at NortonLifeLock (formerly Symantec)
● Set-up multiple ELK stacks on Azure and AWS
● Cloud-managed as well as Self-Managed
● Re-architecting, fine-turning and boosting
performance
● Recently acquired Elastic Certification
Fun Fact:
At times, talk to ES Support folks more than I do with my
teammates 😉
Sandeep Kanabar

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First Steps
https://www.elastic.co/training/elastic-certified-engineer-exam
Getting Started with ECE
Is it worth??
Not only worth, but actually a sheer joy to attempt the exam

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First Steps
https://www.elastic.co/training/elastic-certified-engineer-exam
Getting Started with ECE

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First Steps
● Check Exam Version
● Note the duration (3 hours)
● Read FAQ
● Check Exam Topics
Getting Started with ECE

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First Steps
Check Exam Topics

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Next Steps
● Rich Raposa’s Webinar (new version uploaded
in July 2021)
● Surbhi Mahajan’s Blog – excellent blog with
links to all resources
● Re-read Exam Topics. STICK to it.

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Exam Environment
● About 10 questions
● 3 hours
● Partial Grading so attempt all Questions
● Linux Environment
● For mac users, use Ctrl instead of Cmd
● Kibana Dev Tools Console is available
● All communication with proctor is chat-based

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Exam Environment

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Exam Environment

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Preparation Strategy & Tips
● STICK to Exam Topics. Do NOT lose Focus.
● Do few not all topics you are good at
● Gain some confidence
● Tackle Topics not well-versed
● Repeat from Step 2

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Preparation Strategy & Tips
● Modifying ES.yml is no longer on exam
● No questions on creating a cluster unless it’s CCR
(Cross Cluster Replication)
● Likely 2 clusters – use Firefox incognito mode for
2nd Kibana
● Don’t spend too much time on one question. Skip
and revisit.

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Likely Questions
● A question on CCR (Cross-Cluster
Replication)
● A question on creating data stream along with
ILM states – hot, warm, cold, delete
● A question on search templates
● A question on aggs (metric / bucket)

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Likely Questions
● A question on search, bool queries
● Probably on Ingest Pipeline
● A question on re-index
● Painless Scripts
● Mappings including runtime

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Few More Tips
● Before modifying / updating an index /
update_by_query, clone it using reindex API
● Do all testing on the CLONED index first
● Use Kibana Dev Tools to experiment and test
● While practicing, set-up 7.13 cluster which
matches exam version
● Activate Trial License for CCR

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Elastic
Documentation
● Use it like a PRO
● Doc should match 7.13 version, not current
one
● Know how to navigate rather than searching
● Don’t memorize. Use Doc + Kibana Dev Tools

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Elastic
Documentation

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Confidence
Booster
● https://guido-lenacota.medium.com/
● https://acloudguru.com/hands-on-labs/ece-
practice-exam-part-1 (free trial of 7 days)
● https://georgebridgeman.com/exercises/
Mock Exams & Practice
Exercises

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Confidence
Booster
https://guido-lenacota.medium.com/

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Confidence
Booster
• Excellent Resource – Acloud Guru Practice Exam
• Make the most of 7 day trial by practicing close to exam
date

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Using
Accommodations
● If you have challenges, disability, request
accommodations by emailing
certification@elastic.co.
● You could ask for assistance, or extra time

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Getting Free
Certification 
● Contribute to the community.
● Become a speaker at ES meetups.
● Organize ES meet-ups, encourage others to
present.
● Create an Elastic User Group.
● Be GENUINE. Rewards will automatically come.
● Reach out to Elastic Sales Rep of your org for
discounts

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Thank you !
Questions ?