Wellfound review: startup jobs with salary and equity up front
Job board
Wellfound is a job board for jobs at startups, in offices and remote. It used to be called AngelList Talent. Listings show salary and equity up front, and you apply with your Wellfound profile in one click. Candidates pay nothing.
Who Wellfound is for
Wellfound suits people who want to work at a startup, from small early teams to large growth companies, above all in tech, product, design, sales and marketing. Many listings are in the United States. Remote listings state whether the company hires worldwide or only in certain countries, and what time zone overlap it expects.
What Wellfound offers
- Job search by role, location and remote work, with salary and equity on the listing.
- Company signals: who is actively hiring, how fast a company usually responds and what stage it is at.
- Profile: your application, and a way for founders and recruiters to find you. It stays hidden from your current employer.
- Remote preferences: remote only, your time zone and whether you can work US hours.
- AI interview: a recorded interview you do once, sent along with your applications.
Who pays for what
- Job seekers
- Nothing for profile and applying
- Employers
- Post unlimited jobs for free. They pay for job ads at the top of the results, for AI sourcing tools and for a recruiter service with a monthly fee per role and a fee per hire
What speaks for Wellfound
- Salary and equity are shown before you apply.
- Free for candidates, with one-click applications.
- You see how quickly a company tends to respond.
What speaks against Wellfound
- Only startups and tech companies, not the wider job market.
- Many jobs are in the United States or require you to live there.
- Paid job ads are placed at the top of the results.
How to apply
You need an account and a profile. Your profile is your application, with no cover letter, and you apply to a job on Wellfound in one click. By Wellfound's account, the application reaches the founders and hiring managers directly. They can also write to you when your profile fits.
Where the listings come from
Startups post their jobs on Wellfound themselves, and posting is free. Companies can also sync jobs from their applicant tracking system. Every listing goes out through Wellfound's search, its e-mail alerts and its weekly newsletter, and companies that pay for a job ad get the top places in the results. So the listings are originals, and the same job may also be on the company's own career page.
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