A MD reached out to me from a competitor.

The reason why he reached out was because there is a new position on his team being created, and his boss, my former CFO, recommended me for it. I now have a meeting with this MD to discuss. I am going to treat this as an interview, and want to do well, but I don’t really have any understanding for the position yet so can’t prep as well as I would like to. What should I do? Also should I discuss comp with him? That will be a big factor for me.

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This meeting is not the time to discuss comp. This is a friendly meet and greet to see if he likes your personality and to ask about your skillsets and what your current role is like and what he is looking for the new role.

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Yeah don't discuss comp

Literally just meet with the guy and ask a billion questions to pin down what the role is, how they compete, etc. Can end with ballpark comp expectations if you are interested.

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Why not ask your former boss? Anyways I wouldn’t worry excessively as it’s normal you ask many questions too during the first ‘interview’ like others pointed out

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+ I wouldn’t bring up compensation in the very first conversation unless they ask

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Agreed. I think you need to know more to assess that. I wouldn't bring it up.

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