The majority of the interview was over LinkedIn Messenger, which I thought was strange but understandable for a start-up. We scheduled a brief call, which was extremely difficult as the founder's English (who conducted the interview) was really, really bad, and I could hardly understand him. Not only that, he seemed to be giggling the entire call, which I found weird and uncomfortable. Afterwards, we continued to correspond over LinkedIn, where he expressed he would like to hire me. When discussing compensation, he asked, verbatim, "how much salary you want bro? 😀". Needless to say, this was extremely unprofessional, but again, I thought it may just be typical for start-ups. He ended up agreeing to hire me for my desired salary, and a week or so later emailed me an offer letter, with a start date. I put my two weeks in at my then-current job, and didn't hear from him for a while. A week before my slated start date, his email was no longer active, and I had to go back to LinkedIn to contact him. He only then told me that, due to some financial funding issue, he was unable to start me at the slated start date, and had no clue when he would be able to start me, and more importantly, start paying me. I could not believe the irresponsibility and lack of care that he had. I kept checking in every few days while applying for every other job I could find. He had a complete disinterest, and when I got him on the phone, there was just more broken English and giggling. It was infuriating, but I had to keep my composure, in the hopes that he would somehow figure his problems out and start me. A month later of going back and forth and he finally says he will no longer be able to onboard me to his company. Perhaps he was annoyed by my constant asking, but when you have ZERO income because I relied on a (seemingly) legit offer letter (with terms and conditions, comp, start date, on a letterhead), it is objectively hard not to. He later had the audacity to ask if I can review a contract as a one-off project, and asked for my hourly rate. I provided this to him, and after a few days he said he still couldn't afford it, or there was some monetary issue. And to top all of this off, when I explained to him the situation he put me in, he actually had the audacity to tell me that, if I need money, I should invest in some stocks in the stock market. I had to physically pick my jaw off the ground after that one. To be so obtuse as to make this "recommendation", when he was responsible for the situation, was cruel and invalidating, and I wondered if he was actually taunting me. I don't know who in their right mind distributes an offer letter without knowing for certain that they can actually bring you on, but I found this whole experience horrible. His care-free attitude was absolutely infuriating, and his fake empathy for the situation he caused was unbelievable. Be careful working with this guy and his company. The offer was sent March 20 with a start date of April 14.