--- title: The Best Time To Arrive At A Startup Job Interview description: Arriving too early (more than 15 minutes) to a startup job interview creates awkwardness and disrupts the interviewer's workflow, while arriving exactly on... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-best-time-to-arrive-at-a-startup-job-interview-vuksypfj1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Best Time To Arrive At A Startup Job Interview | daily.dev og:description: Arriving too early (more than 15 minutes) to a startup job interview creates awkwardness and disrupts the interviewer's workflow, while arriving exactly on... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-best-time-to-arrive-at-a-startup-job-interview-vuksypfj1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/vUkSyPfj1.png og:image:alt: The Best Time To Arrive At A Startup Job Interview og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Best Time To Arrive At A Startup Job Interview **[Marc G Gauthier](https://daily.dev/sources/marcgg)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Arriving too early (more than 15 minutes) to a startup job interview creates awkwardness and disrupts the interviewer's workflow, while arriving exactly on time risks being late to the actual meeting. The optimal window is 5–10 minutes before the scheduled start — closer to 5 for startups, 10 for larger companies. Candidates should arrive at the physical location 20–30 minutes early but wait outside until the right moment. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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