RejectedTechnical Screen

A String-Templating Coding Round, Then a Rejection

CrowdstrikeSoftware Engineer, Cloud · Senior+ · Technical Screen · Oct 2025

Sharing a fresh rejection story. I don't have a cybersecurity background. I applied for a senior SWE, cloud role. The position requires being based in the US Eastern time zone, since it involves working with the team in Europe. First was an HR screen, with some basic questions — whether I knew Go, what the most complex project I'd worked on was, that kind of thing. At the time I thought I had no…

Shared by a candidate · reported Oct 2025. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.