This document provides guidance on preparing for and taking the Elastic Certified Engineer (ECE) exam. It outlines the initial steps to take, including checking the exam version and topics. It recommends attending webinars, blogs, and re-reading the agenda to focus preparation. The strategy suggests starting with stronger topics, gaining confidence, and then tackling weaker areas. It notes what may be covered in the exam and tips for testing in Kibana. It provides links to mock exams and notes accommodations and ways to obtain the certification for free through community contributions.

1. Acing the Elastic Certified Engineer Exam
(EMEA Version)
Sandeep Kanabar
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandeepkanabar/

2. • Work at NortonLifeLock (formerly Symantec)
• Set up multiple ELK stacks on Azure / AWS
• Re-architecting / tuning performance
• Recently acquired Elastic Certification
About Me

3. • Getting started with ECE
• Preparation Strategy
• Mock Exams & Practice Questions
• Free Certification
Overview

4. Getting started with ECE – First Steps
The very FIRST thing to do
after signing up for the exam
https://www.elastic.co/training/elastic-
certified-engineer-exam

5. ECE - First things First
• Check Exam Version – 7.13 currently
• Check Exam Topics (Agenda)
• Read FAQ

6. ECE – Next Steps
• Rich Raposa’s Webinar (July 2021)
• Surbhi Mahajan’s Blog – has links to all
resources
• Re-read Agenda. STICK to it.

7. ECE – Preparation Strategy
• 5 main sections
• Do few not all topics you are good at
• Gain some confidence
• Tackle topics not well-versed

8. ECE – Preparation Strategy
• Modifying ES.yml is no longer on exam
• No questions on creating a cluster
• Likely a question on CCR (Cross-Cluster
replication)
• Likely a question on search templates

9. ECE – Preparation Strategy
• Likely a question on data stream and ILM
states
• Likely a question on search, bool queries
• Likely a question on aggs
• Likely a question on reindex

10. ECE – Preparation Strategy – Exam Tips
• Do all testing on a cloned index first
• Use Kibana Dev tools freely to test
• Incognito Mode for 2nd cluster Kibana
• Activate trial license for CCR

11. ECE – Preparation Strategy
Knowing how to use Elastic Documentation
matters a lot.

12. ECE – Mock Exams
• 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/

13. Using Accommodations
• If you have challenges / disability, make
use of accommodations
• Email certification@elastic.co
• Assistance / Extra time

14. Getting Free Certification 
• Contribute to the community
• Become a speaker at ES meetups
• Elastic Contributor Program
• Be GENUINE. Rewards will automatically come

15. • Thank you.
• Questions