11 questions · from 2 interviews

Crowdstrike interview questions

Every question candidates reported from their Crowdstrike interviews, most frequently asked first. Each links to the write-up it came from, so you can see the round and how it went.

Crowdstrike coding and DSA questions

  1. 01

    Meeting Rooms II

    I was asked the Meeting Rooms II problem.

    From Interview Experience | Crowdstrike | SDE-III

  2. 02

    Server–Node Distribution Problem

    Given n servers and m nodes, distribute the servers uniformly across nodes such that no node is overwhelmed.

    From Interview Experience | Crowdstrike | SDE-III

  3. 03

    Implement Singleton Class

    I was asked to code for a Singleton class.

    From Interview Experience | Crowdstrike | SDE-III

  4. 04

    Generate Permutation with Equal Probability

    Given a list of numbers, generate any permutation such that every permutation has equal probability.

    From Interview Experience | Crowdstrike | SDE-III

  5. 05

    Number of Islands

    Given an m x n 2D binary grid grid which represents a map of '1's (land) and '0's (water), return the number of islands.

    Medium · From Crowdstrike Interview Experience

Crowdstrike system design questions

  1. 01

    Design System for File Threat Detection

    Design a system that can read files and perform threat detection.

    From Interview Experience | Crowdstrike | SDE-III

  2. 02

    Design System for File Threat Detection via Third-Party Service

    Design a system that accepts files from users and generates security findings or malicious threat detection using a third-party service.

    From Interview Experience | Crowdstrike | SDE-III

  3. 03

    Design VirusTotal-like System

    Design a system similar to VirusTotal. This involved considering aspects such as file uploads, hashing mechanisms, blob storage, database sharding, scaling, and implementing asynchronous flows within an event-driven architecture.

    Hard · From Crowdstrike Interview Experience

Crowdstrike other questions

  1. 01

    Secure User Credential Storage

    How to store user credentials securely

    From Interview Experience | Crowdstrike | SDE-III

  2. 02

    Password Hashing and Salting

    Discussion around Password hashing mechanisms, Salting, and Why plain hashing is not sufficient.

    From Interview Experience | Crowdstrike | SDE-III

  3. 03

    Password Management Best Practices

    General best practices for password management.

    From Interview Experience | Crowdstrike | SDE-III

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What questions are asked in Crowdstrike interviews?

Candidates reported 11 distinct questions across 2 Crowdstrike interviews. 5 coding and DSA questions, 3 system design questions, 3 other questions.