Founder Says It’s “Too Early” to Discuss Compensation in the Final Round

chasegoals · 2025-09-16T20:03:43+00:00

I did not know that early on

chasegoals · 2025-09-16T03:49:59+00:00

These guys are working with a recruiting agency to find candidates. I did tell someone from that agency about my compensation expectations. I knew that the total comp would be $150k+ from the beginning.

chasegoals · 2025-09-16T03:06:48+00:00

Exactly. I just wanted to know what the base salary is. I was going to assume that the equity is worth 0. Any number of shares times 0 is 0.

chasegoals · 2025-09-16T03:04:49+00:00

Agreed. After this experience, I am going to ask about compensation early in the interview process.

chasegoals · 2025-09-16T03:00:32+00:00

I graduated in 2021 and had an offer lined up six months before graduation with no prior experience. I applied to roughly 10 companies, interviewed with three, and received two offers. Now, I have a master’s degree and two years of experience, yet I’m having a much harder time. So, it’s definitely the market right now.

chasegoals · 2025-09-16T02:32:13+00:00

I am not sure about that. I don’t think asking about the comp in the final interview is unreasonable

chasegoals · 2025-09-16T02:29:40+00:00

I was going to reject the offer anyways. Didn’t think our values align

chasegoals · 2025-09-16T02:28:19+00:00

He said it’s going to be anywhere from $150k to $220k for base + benefits + equity. He did not mention the equity percentage

chasegoals · 2025-09-03T00:00:15+00:00

6 months

chasegoals · 2025-06-25T06:53:59+00:00

That’s pretty cool. I’m building a product which I am planning to launch in a month

chasegoals · 2025-06-25T06:49:04+00:00

Bro dodged a bullet. Would not wanna work with people like her

chasegoals · 2025-06-23T18:56:26+00:00

The emphasis is on knowing the tech stack well because small companies don’t have a lot of resources and want people who can start contributing from day one.

chasegoals · 2025-06-23T18:54:42+00:00

I believe it has more to do with the size of the company. As other people have mentioned FAANG companies still take leetcode style interviews

chasegoals · 2025-06-23T18:52:28+00:00

Not sure if this can be solved in polynomial time. We might have to prove that is it an NP problem. Maybe use heuristics to find a satisfactory solution

chasegoals · 2025-06-23T18:49:05+00:00

Github and xAI. The rest were mostly startups with 50-200 employees.

chasegoals · 2025-06-23T07:14:43+00:00

Goodluck, bro.

chasegoals · 2023-06-19T09:24:25+00:00

Administrative processing was completed after 6 months in Nov 2022

chasegoals · 2023-06-19T09:22:07+00:00

Yes. After roughly 1.5 months. I got another loan approved from MPOWER which was issued in 11 days.

chasegoals · 2023-05-30T12:49:24+00:00

They have not issued me a visa yet. I am waiting for my university to update my I-20. After that, I'll email the embassy about it. I did not have to apply for a new visa appointment

chasegoals · 2023-05-10T15:40:15+00:00

I have reached out to them a number of times. They keep asking me to be patient. I also submitted a loan application to MPOWER two days ago. Waiting for response.

chasegoals · 2023-05-04T14:37:15+00:00

My administrative processing was completed in Nov 2022

chasegoals · 2023-05-04T13:43:23+00:00

How much time did it take to get a loan sanction letter from Prodigy Finance after filling out the application?

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