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Interviewing at CrowdStrike

Your interview is a chance to get to know us, too. Explore the role, meet the team, and ask questions, with our talent team guiding you every step of the way.

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Our hiring philosophy


We hire curious, passionate people who put customers first, drive innovation, and help us stop breaches.

  • High standards, equal opportunity. We hire and develop people based on merit.

  • Meaningful impact. We deliver results with speed at scale.

  • AI-powered innovation. We expect everyone to experiment with and use AI responsibly. 

  • Stronger together. We value different perspectives, collaborate openly, and win together for our customers.
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Your interview journey


Here’s a look at our hiring process. Your recruiter will explain the steps for your role and what to expect along the way.
1
Application
We’ll review your application. If there’s a potential match, a recruiter will reach out to connect.
2
Recruiter conversation
Have a brief call to discuss your background, learn about the role, and ask your initial questions.
3
Hiring manager interview
Discuss your experience, skills, and approach to work. Learn about the team and what success looks like in the role.
4
Skills assessment
Depending on the role, you may demonstrate your skills through coding, system design, a business case, a presentation, or a mock customer call. See our FAQs for details.
5
Additional interviews
Meet potential teammates and collaborators. The number of interviews varies by role and level, which your recruiter will discuss with you early in the process.
6
Reference checks
Share contact information for former managers and colleagues who can speak to your experience, strengths, and impact.
7
Offer
If you’re selected, your recruiter will walk you through your offer and answer your questions.
8
Background check
Complete a background check, including identity and right-to-work verification. Depending on your country, this may happen before or after you receive an offer.

How to Prepare

  • Get to know us. Explore our mission, the threats we tackle, and why our work matters.

  • Bring real examples. Share how you’ve solved problems, delivered results, and grown your career.

  • Check your tech. Test your internet connection, audio, and camera before your interview.
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FAQs

As an AI-native company, CrowdStrike embraces the thoughtful use of safe and secure AI tools in our work. However, we require that all interviews and assessments be completed independently by candidates without AI, except when explicitly asked to use AI tools. Some assessments may expressly permit the use of AI and other tools, we will make this clear upfront when that is the case.

No, CrowdStrike will never reach out to you from a non-CrowdStrike email address, and we will never ask you for sensitive information such as date of birth, social security number or national ID number, or similar during the interview process. We are aware of scams involving false offers of employment with our company.

 

We do not interview prospective candidates via instant message or group chat, and do not require candidates to purchase products or services, or process payments on our behalf as a condition of any employment offer.

 

For more information or if you have been targeted, please reach out to recruiting@crowdstrike.com.

Yes, we hire students globally for various internship or apprenticeship opportunities at CrowdStrike. Please see our Emerging Talent page for more details.

Yes, you can apply for multiple roles at CrowdStrike. However, please be selective as a best practice; we highly recommend ensuring you meet the basic requirements before submitting your application(s).

Yes, you can re-apply to roles at CrowdStrike if you’ve previously interviewed with us.

There are two ways candidates can notify CrowdStrike they may need reasonable accommodations in the interview process:

  • Workday Question: During the application process, candidates are asked to answer a yes or no question regarding their need for reasonable accommodation during the hiring process.
  • Candidate Conversation or Correspondence: During the recruiting process, candidates may discuss their need for reasonable accommodation with recruitment directly.

Every team at CrowdStrike is slightly different. We strive to keep things moving, but depending on the role, the interview process timeline will vary.

Yes, regardless of whether you receive an offer, you’ll hear back from a recruiter about the status of your application.

We partner with Codeinterview.io, which is a live coding interview platform where candidates solve programming problems in a collaborative online code editor. We also partner with HackerRank for coding challenges for our Emerging Talent technical roles.

Unless specified by the interviewer, we encourage technologies and languages you have experience and are comfortable with.