Continuing my effort to demystify how startups and startup jobs work, here are 9 questions you should ask the co founders of any startup before you join them. This is based on our experience hiring, and expectations of questions that we should be asked.
Anything I missed?
asha chaudhry
this is so so cool mithun!
i would be surprised if the founders shared their salaries with folks who come and interview – but really really love this approach!
keep ’em coming!!
Venkat Srinivasan
You never know, Asha.. some of us might be happy to give a general idea, assuming we’re still bootstrapping & earning way less than the market would pay us in regular jobs.
Alok Rodinhood Kejriwal
I would also add
– Who is their competition?
– What are their EX-EMPLOYEES DOING? (Find them on Linkedin)
– How does the office smell? (I mean it)
Mithun Madhusudan
Thanks Asha!
Transparency is one of the key things that we emphasize. We understand that joining a startup is not like a normal job, and we want to make sure whoever we interview has the maximum amount of information possible.
asha chaudhry
hey mithun,
crazy coincidence – i just shared this post on fb and check out what i saw in one of my windows!
Mithun Madhusudan
Yup. Buffer has been a model for the kind of transparency we are going for 🙂 they’ve done some really cool stuff!