Your job offer review checklist

Work through these 20 checks with your offer and its referenced documents beside you. Mark an item only when you have an answer you understand; a missing document is a follow-up question.

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Cash compensation

Confirm base salary, currency, pay period and start date.
Separate guaranteed pay from bonus and commission targets.
Request first-year proration and payment-date conditions.
Read signing-bonus and relocation repayment schedules.

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Equity and benefits

Identify the award type, grant approval and vesting start date.
Request the plan, grant agreement and option exercise price if relevant.
Check departure deadlines and purchase costs for options.
Record benefit enrollment, eligibility, employee costs and employer contributions.

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Working arrangement

Confirm title, duties, manager and any probation criteria.
Write down location, office frequency, travel and expenses.
Check hours, time-zone overlap and leave approval.
Ask who can change policies and what notice is provided.

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Restrictions and departure

Read non-compete and non-solicitation clauses separately.
List prior projects and clarify ownership and outside-work approvals.
Identify governing law, forum and dispute costs.
Map notice, severance, releases and treatment of bonus and equity on departure.

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Before your decision

Collect referenced plans and policies; mark anything still missing.
Choose your three highest-priority questions or changes.
Get material clarifications reflected in the controlling documents.
Ask for professional advice on unresolved high-impact questions before accepting.

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This is a preparation checklist, not a legal assessment. The right questions depend on your role, location and documents.

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