A salary range in the advertisement
Not “competitive”, not “depending on experience”. The range we would actually pay, in the posting, so nobody spends four interviews finding out it was never going to work.
Careers
No open roles right now
A company that builds a job-application product should not run a careers page advertising vacancies it does not have. When there is a real role, it will be posted here and on the boards, with a salary range in the advertisement.
In advance
How hiring here would run
Written now, while it costs nothing to commit to, rather than improvised when it is inconvenient.
A process with a stated length
How many conversations, with whom, and by when — said at the start. If it slips, you hear why rather than nothing.
No unpaid take-home marathons
A short exercise or a conversation about work you have already done. Anything longer than a couple of hours is paid, because it is work.
A real answer either way
Including a reason. We are building a product for people on the receiving end of application silence; running a silent process ourselves would be difficult to defend.
Nothing to apply for, but say hello
If you would want to know when something opens, tell us what you do and we will remember.