What is the base salary?
What additional compensation (e.g. performance bonus / commission) is available?
Do you have an equity plan in place?
[If no equity plan has been created] Would it be possible for me to get founder’s stock?
How much equity are you offering?
What percentage of the company does that equity represent on a fully-diluted basis?
Do you have a preference for a higher salary or more equity?
What is the vesting schedule for options? Is there a cliff? (Vesting Schedule and Cliffs)
How long is the exercise window?
Is there an early exercise option?
Will there be accelerated vesting of stock options if the company is sold or I am terminated without good cause? (This is more difficult to negotiate for lower-level employees.)
What health/medical benefits do you offer?
What additional benefits do you offer? (For example: Laptop, internet/phone reimbursement, co-working space reimbursement, gym membership stipend, etc.)
What stage is your company at? (Pre-seed, post-seed, series A, series B, series C, etc.)
[If money has been raised] When was your last funding round? How much did you raise, and what percentage of the company went to the investors?
When was your last 409A valuation? (What is a 409A valuation?) What was the valuation?