Google negotiate competing stock options
My best offer is from a post-B unicorn startup, but with options. Will google consider the value (previous round preferred price minus strike), or consider options worthless? Does google need competing offer details in order to negotiate or can I keep it vague?
It depends to some extent on how they think *you* value them. For example, I used a pre-IPO Snapchat offer to negotiate in mid-2016. My Google recruiter tried to convince me they weren’t going to IPO any time soon (turned out to be wrong) and that they weren’t going to do well (at least somewhat correct), but they had to offer me more stock because otherwise I wasn’t going to accept the offer.
With a Post-B unicorn the stock is already valuable and you might be able to sell on secondary markets like EquityZen and Sharepost.
They may bump their offer up, but depends on interview performance. Just ask recruiter lol.
Is that based on your experience? My recruiter says interview performance doesn’t affect comp.
Yes, G bumped up their offers. And yes I also think interview performance has a factor in the calculations. Just ask your recruiter to match and see where it falls.