Had a third interview with CEO of tech startup last week. Now the HR manager emails me saying she wants me to 'hop on a call' with the CFO tomorrow. I already interviewed with him for the second interview. I'm not sure what to expect, it doesn't make sense that I would have another interview with him but I'm not sure what else it would be. Any ideas?

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People don’t set up a call to say no, so that’s a good sign

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Sounds like he might want to personally extend an offer or hammer out the details. He definitely isn’t making all the rejection calls himself.

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Fingers crossed!

Wow look at this guy getting multiple interviews. I usually get an immediate call back about my resume and then nothing unless I email them back to get confirmation of a formal rejection.

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Update: it was to give me an offer!!!

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@TA1 85k, NYC, three years experience and CPA

Probably going to offer you the job. Don’t wanna jinx it so won’t congratulate you. Good luck!

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It’s to negotiate the offer - he’s willing to give a little. Nothing scares someone more than a 5-10 second pause followed by a “hmmmm”.

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You’re in the game. Play to win.

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Probably wants to give you an offer over the phone.

But wouldn't the HR person be the one to give the offer, not the CFO? So that's why I'm confused

It’s a startup

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He wants to get to know you more imo. Offer only comes through HR

This isn’t true. I got an offer last week, also for a startup, and the CFO called me directly to extend the offer.

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