Interview with Cofounder of a startup

Hello everyone, I recently started my company and now want to hire actual people in the IT space. As other fellow humans, how'd you like the interview process to be for engineering roles? I don't want to follow the crazy white board algorithm norms, I need the job to get done, idc if you google or use ChatGPT as long as you understand the problem and the solution. Please share your inputs!

As a software engineer considering joining a startup or company, what are the essential questions you recommend asking HR or the CEO to gain insights into the company culture, growth opportunities, and overall work environment? And whether to join there or not. Please share your experiences or any red flag you noticed, would be very helpful for our community. Thanks in advance

Making the switch from Business Analyst to APM. I don't mind the lack of WLB (60-70 hours a week) since I'm very early in my career- all I'm looking for is: 1) Learning 2) Above average but not ridiculously high pay (I'll be more than happy with 80k-1LPM in hand) Problem is most companies that are more likely to provide me with these are start ups since I'm not from a Tier-1 college and have a B.Sc. So how do I evaluate a start up's financials before applying there? Most people give vague answers like "check their financials", "figure out how much runway they have left" etc. without going into detail or mentioning any concrete steps.

What questions would you ask to evaluate if you should join an early stage startup in this market? The objective is to ensure job longevity, avoid getting laid off and experience a reasonable amount of growth. Is there anything else that we can do apart from asking questions to the company folks?

I am going to start working in building a product in a startup as a Backend developer. I was approached by 2 of the founders with their design and vision. I really liked it and thinking on working on the same. But I was confused how to proceed with it? Shall I ask for money or some position? I don’t have any experience of it. Please suggest.

I applied for a Chief of Staff role at a recently funded startup and the first question during the interview this particular founder asks me is that why have I applied for this role when I don't have any experience with these kinda roles and my current and previous roles were literally working in the Founder's Office. No wonder startups don't sustain themselves in the long run.

Would you guys consider joining a startup with only 3-4 people in the office? I’m a recent graduate and got an opportunity to work with a team of 4 however i’m not sure if i should join because i’ve always wanted to work at bigger organisations and get that corporate feeling and i im also an introvert and hate being “seen/perceived” (iykwim) and that’s the case with smaller teams but again looking at the job market rn im scared id end up employed what to do?

I've a great idea and it's validated after talking to more than 50 founders/head of sales. Questions - 1. What's the process of getting a domain/and checking if the domain/product name is not a brand name globally anywhere? 2. Wrt raising funding, any founders here who can throw some light on how much salaries you used to take? I am not very inclined towards bootstrapping rn. 3. What were the challenges wrt starting your website, getting it validated by running ads etc? Maybe some D2C founders can help me out here. 4. What tools did you use for your first MVP launch? Thanks