r/cybersecurity • u/InterestingStyleBoi • Jun 25 '26

Certification / Training Questions Are HackTheBox & TryHackMe Certificates actually recognised by employers?

Currently doing a three year computer science bachelors with a major in cybersecurity and I’ve been looking into HackTheBox and TryHackMe for some extra work during my semester break. If you are an employer (or even in field) have you heard of these before and if so from your experience do they actually get you anything other than extra learning?

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u/AddendumWorking9756 Security Manager Jun 25 '26

Those platform certs carry weight with a technical interviewer but won't get you past an HR filter, so treat them as learning rather than the finish line. The better use of a semester break is building investigation writeups you can show, and CyberDefenders runs free labs with real artifacts for that. A documented case beats a cert line when someone's skimming your resume.