Startup Jobs Board

DRAFT — pending legal review

Content rules.

Every listing is reviewed by a person before it goes live. These are the rules we review against.

A listing must

  • Be a genuine, currently open role at a real company that you are authorised to advertise.
  • If you state a salary range, it must reflect what you will actually pay.
  • Link to a working application page belonging to the company or its ATS.
  • Describe the role accurately: title, location, remote arrangement and employment type.
  • Be open to Indian talent as stated — on-site in India, remote from India, or relocation abroad with visa sponsorship — and be a real job with a stated salary, not a bench, body-shopping or "rate negotiable" contracting arrangement.

We do not list

  • Fake or speculative roles, "talent pools", or lead-generation posts.
  • Roles that a candidate based in India could not actually take as described (for example an on-site role abroad with no sponsorship), or outsourcing arrangements dressed up as jobs.
  • Commission-only or pay-to-apply roles, roles requiring a deposit, training fee or purchase, and multi-level marketing.
  • Unpaid internships presented as jobs, or roles that breach minimum-wage law.
  • Postings that discriminate on grounds prohibited by Indian law, or that are otherwise unlawful.
  • Links to malware, adult content, phishing, or domains on our blocklist.
  • Content that infringes someone else's rights, or that is defamatory, obscene or harmful as described in Rule 3(1)(b) of the IT Rules, 2021.

How moderation works

  1. Every submission is checked automatically: the apply link must resolve and its domain must not be blocklisted, and the text is screened for scam patterns (commission-only, pay-to-apply, MLM and similar). A listing goes live when its payment is confirmed; anything the screen flags is reviewed by a person and removed if it breaks these rules.
  2. Anyone can report a live listing from its page; one report per person per listing counts. A listing with open reports from 5 different people is hidden automatically until a person reviews it; if the reports don't hold up, it is put back and they are dismissed.
  3. Complaints through the grievance mechanism are acknowledged within 24 hours and resolved within the IT Rules timelines; content that is unlawful on its face is removed within 36 hours of a valid order or notice.
  4. Fees are not refunded where a listing is removed for the advertiser's own breach.