Nomad Capitalist interview questions

First an interview with an external recruiter who was very professional during initial screening. Next, an interview with the Chief Knowledge Officer, mostly about previous experience, handling difficult people and situations in the past, fairly simple. Next, interview with the Executive Assistant to CEO, previous work experience questions, handling conflicting instructions and similar questions. Note, a conversation with my supposed line manager, the COO was never scheduled. Lastly, Mr. Henderson, a truly refreshing conversation, information about the company, discussion on ongoing challenges and how I see they could be resolved. Previous three conversations were nice, but Mr. Henderson was interesting enough we talked for an hour and 40 minutes instead of the scheduled hour. He clearly has the founders perspective which I personally appreciate. The offer I received did offer compensation in alignment with what we discussed, but the contract template used had countless mistakes (probation period listed as 3 instead of 6 months as discussed), didn't outline vacation days, stated jurisdiction of Hong Kong courts in all disputes, allowed NC to cancel the contract within 24 hours with no justification or compensation, threatened penalities of 50k and 100k, didn't even mention the role or scope but clearly stipulated if undefined work quality criteria was deemed unmet for whatever reason, I would be faced with both financial and additional free work penalties. I rejected the unfair contract template, suggested an alternative fair to both parties and offered to reiterate until we find a middle ground but received information my previous experience in consulting and large organizations is the reason they decided to withdraw the offer.

3 stage interviews fast, quick and attentive, made it sound like I was being hired and didn’t hire me… with statements like “ you’ll be working on my team under me… oh sorry I shouldn’t say that” and “I’ll see you in person soon god willing” it was just a bit misleading I thought. Bare in mind I’ve 5 + years experience and knew the company inside out.