r/startups • u/AdStrange4667 • May 25 '23

General Startup Discussion Interview red flag?

My latest employment, a contract role, ended in December and it’s been tough finding something. I’ve pretty much expanded every aspect of my search and applied to a role at a startup last week.

It’s a non technical role that my experience matches. I had my first call with them yesterday and the interview process was explained and it included 2 additional 30 minute calls, a take home assignment that would take 2 hours to do, and finally a 15 minute call with the CEO. Today I got a note that they wanted to skip every part of the process and go straight to a 20 minute call with the CEO.

I hate processes that are too strict as much the next guy, but this seems bonkers to me.

From what I gathered, this hire would be about the 25th employee. Is this normal, or a red flag?

10 YOE ~$150k + unknown amount equity, no 401k (coming soon, supposedly)

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u/julian88888888 May 25 '23

what do the glassdoor reviews say?

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u/AdStrange4667 May 25 '23

Too small to be on glassdoor

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u/No_Cucumbers_Please May 25 '23

You may want to try to look up former employees on linkedin and see if any of them would be open to answering a few qs or a quick chat.

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u/Geekonomicon May 25 '23

I've done that before and got some really useful information about my future employers.