Elsevier Software Engineer interview experience

The flow started with an initial phone screening with the lead, and then I went onsite where I was given a coding exercise right on a laptop.

The exercise used a project setup with JUnit tests that were all failing at first. My job was to make the tests pass and get everything green, and after that first pass, I was handed a variation of the same project in another test case that focused on performance improvement. That part came with a discussion—talking through how I’d approach the changes and what I’d prioritize—rather than being purely silent coding.

I found it interesting and genuinely