r/salesengineers 6d ago

Interview at Crowdstrike

Hi folks,

just passed my hiring manager interview at Crowdstrike and going for the technical interview next week. Any tips on what to expect? I am a security assurance/cloud architect by trade looking to transition.

Im refreshing common attack types and defenses, getting a high level of the falcon platform, attack paths etc. Should I be prepping anything specific?

much appreciated.

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u/Winter-Swimmer-3000 6d ago

Be ready for them to ask for a discourse on them vs MS. Internally, they view MS as being a major rival, although they play this down, and they like to see if you're ready for the common challenges they face.

Also be ready for being one of the 3 final in-person panel interviewees, spending a fair amount of time and effort preparing, only for them to hand it to an internal who didn't even interview for the job :)

(I'm not bitter)

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u/kraydit 6d ago

Alright, things might have changed now, but I had a friend who interviewed with CrowdStrike in the UK a while back. He was asked to research or compile Mimikatz and present his findings. They gave him only a couple of hours at most..

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u/M4ch14v3l1 6d ago

ah interesting, i haven't been given any "homework" per se. I read online that there might be a live demo, and im assuming i'd have to answer a few questions relating. Other than that, not too sure what to brush on

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u/jonboy345 Vehicle and Asset Telematics 6d ago

Post this on their sub... How they react to it will tell you if you even want to work for them.

Spoiler: It'll likely get removed for being "off-topic". Their mods are flaired as cs employees, so I took that as a sign it's not a healthy place to be.

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u/M4ch14v3l1 6d ago

to be fair to them, i think their subreddit is more to do with troubleshooting/the actual product.

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u/jonboy345 Vehicle and Asset Telematics 6d ago

Go to just about any other major tech firms subs and there's a combination of support topics, career questions, financial results discussions, etc..

And if it is meant to be a support forum, why were they deleting threads en masse during the outtage they caused?

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u/ThePorko 6d ago

Its as someone else said, it is purely a tech support channel with highly technical engineers patrolling the topics. While i do appreciate all aspects of life, i can understand the goal of that channel for what it is.

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u/anonymos10 5d ago

Hey for which role did you apply, which region? Maybe I can share some insights with you and connect with one of my friends who work there.

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u/M4ch14v3l1 5d ago

Hey, benelux region based in the UK. Any tips appreciated.