Engineering Manager Interview Experience - United States
October 19, 2023
Negative ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Stay away from them. It's a waste of time and energy.
I interviewed for an Engineering Manager position (Remote, East Coast) for the LogScale team. The recruiter call never mentioned that the first round with the Senior Engineering Manager would be technical. She stated it would be related to work experience.
The interview call with the Senior Engineering Manager began with a general introduction, followed by a system design question. I never expected a system design question based on my conversation with HR beforehand.
Please save your time and interview with CrowdStrike. They need to fix their interviewing process and set right expectations. There is a reason we see many "no offers" in interview experiences. They just want to waste your time.
Questions
Design a system XYZ. I don't want to share the question, as that won't help either, because they might change the interview format depending on their mood.
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CrowdStrike's interview process for their Engineering Manager roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
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Candidates reported having very negative feelings for CrowdStrike's Engineering Manager interview process in United States.
CrowdStrike Work Experiences
2.0
Once a great place for product and engineering, but no longer
Engineering Manager • Former Employee
Austin, Texas, United States
June 26, 2025
Pros: Overall, great compensation, which is heavy on the equity, but it's RSUs. Individual contributors and a large subset of direct and middle management are incredibly smart, capable, kind, and thoughtful.
Remote-friendly, formerly remote-first. Cybersecurity is a growing field, and the work is interesting. There are opportunities for learning through your work, depending on your team.
Cons: Upper leadership now sees engineering as a cog in the wheel and is requiring that nearly all hiring be outside of the US, despite much of the engineering team being scattered remotely across the US.
They also attempted to roll out a stack ranking system just before the layoffs. Diversity in engineering is non-existent.
Engineering is never given enough time to address technical debt and scale issues, and is inundated by new and sometimes useless features and products that may drive ARR or retain high-paying customers. Upper leadership says they're committed to quality, but don't prioritize latent security issues and laid off over half of the QA staff even after July 19. Engineering strategy for quality focuses on reactive rather than proactive.
Scope creep is constant. The SDLC is one-size-fits-all, or rather one-size-fits-one, and tons of overhead and checkboxes rather than helping with execution. There are no success metrics tied to products or projects, and therefore no accountability. Several products or projects have few customers, but are still kept running and funded by leaders who tell tall tales. The company has been around long enough that new leaders reinvent the wheel to make a name for themselves, building atop existing tech debt, and tenured, ineffective employees can continue to ride on early successes without being productive.
Disagreeing with leadership and committing is a daily occurrence.
1.0
Behind the times
Engineering Manager • Current Employee
May 7, 2025
Pros: Overall, the job is good. Decent pay and benefits. The people are also good.
Cons: This place is stuck in the past. The tech stack feels like what was originally put in place at its inception. I would definitely not call it a true tech company; more like a collection of spreadsheets and human intervention that somehow managed to make it.
4.0
Great place to work
Engineering Manager • Current Employee
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
June 14, 2023
Pros: Fast-paced, flexible, and stable job these days.
Cons: No visibility into your work unless you touch the customer-facing product.
- 2.0Once a great place for product and engineering, but no longerEngineering Manager • Former EmployeeAustin, Texas, United StatesJune 26, 2025Pros: Overall, great compensation, which is heavy on the equity, but it's RSUs. Individual contributors and a large subset of direct and middle management are incredibly smart, capable, kind, and thoughtful. Remote-friendly, formerly remote-first. Cybersecurity is a growing field, and the work is interesting. There are opportunities for learning through your work, depending on your team.Cons: Upper leadership now sees engineering as a cog in the wheel and is requiring that nearly all hiring be outside of the US, despite much of the engineering team being scattered remotely across the US. They also attempted to roll out a stack ranking system just before the layoffs. Diversity in engineering is non-existent. Engineering is never given enough time to address technical debt and scale issues, and is inundated by new and sometimes useless features and products that may drive ARR or retain high-paying customers. Upper leadership says they're committed to quality, but don't prioritize latent security issues and laid off over half of the QA staff even after July 19. Engineering strategy for quality focuses on reactive rather than proactive. Scope creep is constant. The SDLC is one-size-fits-all, or rather one-size-fits-one, and tons of overhead and checkboxes rather than helping with execution. There are no success metrics tied to products or projects, and therefore no accountability. Several products or projects have few customers, but are still kept running and funded by leaders who tell tall tales. The company has been around long enough that new leaders reinvent the wheel to make a name for themselves, building atop existing tech debt, and tenured, ineffective employees can continue to ride on early successes without being productive. Disagreeing with leadership and committing is a daily occurrence.
- 1.0Behind the timesEngineering Manager • Current EmployeeMay 7, 2025Pros: Overall, the job is good. Decent pay and benefits. The people are also good.Cons: This place is stuck in the past. The tech stack feels like what was originally put in place at its inception. I would definitely not call it a true tech company; more like a collection of spreadsheets and human intervention that somehow managed to make it.
- 4.0Great place to workEngineering Manager • Current EmployeeMinneapolis, Minnesota, United StatesJune 14, 2023Pros: Fast-paced, flexible, and stable job these days.Cons: No visibility into your work unless you touch the customer-facing product.
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