Clearwell Systems Software Engineer interview questions

I have applied online and had a phone screening. It was simple, typical OOP, DB, indexing questions. The day after, I was invited for an on-site interview. I met 6-7 people, including HR, a couple of engineers, a principal engineer. They asked expected questions about Java, OO, software design etc. After the interview, I was contacted by and had a scheduled interview with CEO. It seems a good environment but they hiring procedure was not organized, I assume they don't know what they need precisely. The benefit package is really humble for this kind of corporation.

The process consisted of a phone screen, 2 separate onsite visits consisting of interviews with engineers, and 1 final visit to interview with CTO and CEO. The technical interviews were okay, but I don't get why a 100+ person company still needs to have every candidate screened by the CEO - ever heard of delegating tasks and trusting the opinions of your coworkers? Anyway, before I left the final interview their recruiter finally had a concrete discussion with me regarding compensation prospects with me, and it turned out they'd have a hard time even matching my current salary. The equity award would also be stingy. Wait a minute - couldn't you have saved me time by disclosing this situation earlier on? Well, later on he called me and said they would not be moving forward with an offer at all, partly due to inability to match my salary expectations - even though everyone I talked to did like me. Here's some advice - in order to attract top talent, it is insufficient to claim to be a great place to work. You need to put something material forward. If you are not willing to do this, please save yourself and candidates some time by disclosing that your compensation package is mediocre.