I’ve been interviewing with some Indian startups, and man, these CEOs and co-founders are something else. I tell them my expected CTC in the first round, but when it comes to the final stage, they start haggling for 2-4 LPA less. Can you believe it?
This one guy even asked about my salary from my previous company and questioned why I thought I deserved a higher pay now. I was like, "Bhai, inflation bhi toh hota hai!" It's super frustrating because it feels like a waste of time for both of us. They’ve raised millions but still want to save a few lakhs by underpaying us.
I get it, they want to save costs, but lowballing candidates after multiple rounds of interviews? Not cool, ya know? I wish they'd respect the initial expectations we set. Anyway, just wanted to share my thoughts and see if anyone else is facing this.
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You can’t expect a good candidate to take assessment tests, assignments and several rounds of interviews when at the end you're only going to pay peanuts based on his last drawn salary.
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Just say we need cheap labour. Btw guess how much I asked for.
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