Joining a startup

1. Not 'what's the runway', 'what was net burn last month, and when did the last round actually close'. The two answers didn't reconcile. Redundancies eleven weeks later.

2. How many people left this specific team in twelve months, and why. Four of nine, and the pause before the 'why' did more work than the number.

3. What did you do the last time you missed a quarter. One described a hiring freeze and a reprioritisation; the other talked about learnings for ninety seconds.