Is easy interview a red flag?

Hello people, We are building a recruitment platform to make hiring easy and fun. Having worked with a recruitment startup, we weren't able to hire for our own team. Hire first, fire faster mode ON tha humara. So, we found this gap mostly in the early stage startups who don't invest in their recruitment properly. So can you guys please share your experiences with landing a job with early stage startups.

What red flags or signs of 'incompatibility' have you faced in your interview campaigns I recently saw a case in a product interview where the interviewer said - X is your goal, why are you concerned about Y check metric. That's a nope in my book.

I cleared all 6 rounds of a PM interview with an Edtech startup. The HR asked for current offer letter, 2 references (current and previous manager), and a couple of other docs. Then ghosted me for 2 weeks. When I followed up, the HR said they are in-process of interviewing other candidates Is it normal to do this now a days? I understand the company wants to interview more people. But then why ask for any details from me till you are sure that you are going to give an offer

A 2 yrs old small B2C startup has put the following conditions along with offer letter to my friend: 1. 6 months probation period. 2. 7 days notice period during probation. 3. 7 leaves during probation. 4. ESOPs will be given after 3 months of performance evaluation. 5. No WFH (might get on situation basis), might need to work on Saturdays as well if required. there are about 15 tech team members, they are in the growth phase right now. are these conditions normal for a small startup? what else does he need to find before joining?

What's this obsession of startups ghosting after taking assignments from you. It's so irritating and they just can't value your time and efforts

It's become quite a norm for interviewers to jump out of the scheduled slot in between of the interviews, stating abrupt production issues. This is my second in the last 4 companies I've interviewed with. Is this normal?

Has anyone given interview at stanza? If yes , for how long you had to wait for offer letter?

I will start: 1. Having low hit rate with junior PMs than with leadership level folks (Dir & above) Rant - these PM interviewers with fewer years than me and just 1 org haven't seen enough failures to learn humility or not trained to understand experiences and approach not like theirs. 2. Accidently interviewed with a startup with product leader coming from service IT background - who didn't understand impact, outcome pointers in my resume and was asking if I had PRDs I have made in my personal laptop. Rant - Jesus H Christ. This person thought I didnt understand tech, mocked me for making lofi wireframes in a case submission. Only interview where I told back to the person in their face and in email feedback later - seriously, I have no interest in working in a delivery IT team like theirs. Tata, goodbye and thanks for wasting my day. 3. Product leader being critical that I'm only attracted by shiny projects and keep jumping because of my career break and short stints at startups (macro stuff, startup low hit rate at early stage reasons) - because they worked in a b2b org for 10 years and is in a new place to do the same. Rant - this is after they were poaching me for my prior experience with 2 verticals of products they were trying to build out and me being cleared by their Director, senior PM and HRPB. And have more, but over to you guys to share yours and red flags to lookout for.

I interviewed for a company called tooljet, cleared all the rounds. During the negotiation with HR, in the later stages of negotiation I had asked few questions like 1. Is there any Esops(no) 2. Appraisal cycle(it's a startup, depends on performance) 3. Promotion possibility(it's a startup so depends on the performance) 4. Performance bonus(it's a startup depends on performance) no range given 5. Medical insurance ( it's a startup so no) 6. Probation period(3 months) 7. Leave policy(21 days yearly, can't take more than 3 days consecutively) the head of product and tech lead said it will be unlimited 8. Public holidays(national holidays yes + 1 day for diwali) so 5-6 days I'm assuming 9. Work from home expenses if any?(no) 10. Working hours(10-7, it's a startup so you might have to work long hours) 11. Working days( 5 days) 12. Notice period( 1 month) 13. Joining date(tomorrow) lol, I asked her to defer it by a week 1st call was regarding my expectations ( she said she will give me 30-35% increment on previous) 2nd call was about her offer(gave me 23%) 3rd call was regarding all these questions 4th call I accepted asked her to defer it by a week 5th call she said no, saying you asked a lot of questions, we want someone who can focus on the growth of our startup and not worry about these things. I never got a chance to negotiate, she never accepted or even bothered to listen to any of my requests. I asked her to increase it by 30% and she didn't even bother to listen and refused it. Her entire attitude was , take it or leave it. She said she can't negotiate each and every day,and I barely got a chance to even negotiate. Did I say anything wrong or is the HR stupid?