We’re a garage band no doubt. We tend to do contract-to-hire, but we pay up-front, so we assume the risk of there not being a fit.
I haven’t done the elite interviewing rounds and been paid all the millions per year in SV in a while, but at least at that time this would have been a much better deal than anyone without a FAANG offer letter could get. We mark to levels.fyi, not Glassdoor.