Ask HN: Does this mean something? Or am I overthinking it?

2 points by ralston 8y ago ↗ HN

Recently (a few days ago) interviewed at a small startup (20 ppl) for a backend position. All in all it went decently well. I reached out today to follow up in regards to a timeline for them to make their decision. I was told by the Operations Director that the CTO would call me in a few days with his/their decision.

Having never interviewed at a startup before, I'm not sure what the process looks like. However, I do know that for larger companies, HR usually makes the offer phone call - which has me thinking that the CTO won't be calling with good news in a few days.

Does anyone else have experience receiving a yes/no from a small, new company and care to offer some advice?

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rococode 8y ago ↗

For a 20 person startup, it seems normal that the CTO would review all hires. If you visualize it as a small classroom's worth of people, it's easy to guess that new hires are probably still impactful enough on the company as a whole to get attention from the execs. Maybe not every company does it at 20 employees, but I imagine many still do.