| General speaking? It doesn't matter much. You are a Student. Your career is not something which is just there its something which grows over time. I had the experience for looking for a new intern and one guy was telling us about his StartUp. Thats fine you know? but also its 99% bullshit. A small business as a software developer to build, is actually not that hard. The demand is just that high. But that person didn't sound like 'hey i was coding on the side' more like 'yeah we will be the next google'. Yeah of course you will be and so tell me why you where interviewing with us? So thats the biggest point: Why do i care about your Startup if you are interviewing for our position? It should show your passion perhaps but thats it. If all other candidates are better technical speaking and are a better team fit, you are out. And with your GPA you probably have risked a good starting position at a bigger company. Nonetheless about your Startup: What do you really earn vs. what do you expect? Why do you even tell us what you expect? "I can imagine reaching $200k AAR"? You are student, you have apparently not reached 10-20k AAR and you have not reached $200k AAR. I don't care about stuff you have not reached. And if its so great in your eyes, why would you try to be hired? It is super simple: Show me, in the interview process, that you are honest ( don't cheat, i had that...), you are motivated & passion (you like to talk about technology perhaps), you have energy (like you will not be the person sitting in the corner and i have to take care of you all the time) AND you have basic technology understanding and you in. And don't come in into an interview and tell me, you wanna be part of our company but if your startup makes it big, you are out. Like i don't fucking care about your startup. I care about a team and i might not have the chance to hire another one because of no available head count. |
Building a small business as a software developer is still extremely hard though which is why they're probably interviewing with you. Demand is high but in an efficient market, it's much more likely to go towards incumbents.