I had an interview for a crypto startup in late 2021 and they asked if I would be ok with part of my compensation being in their token.

What about the scams, any experience there?

Have one friend who was paid like this. Obviously not universal but it seems more prevalent than other jobs.

I've been offered payment in tokens. I don't know if they'd have had conditions, though.

I have coworkers who were offered tokens in a previous engagement. They were given the option to sell the tokens as soon as they received them (and receive cash instead), and they made quite a lot of money from them.

Way back in ~2012, I remember Coinbase (or maybe another exchange) paid some people in Bitcoin, but that was a while ago.

You didn't deny the scam or ethics issues. Was that intentional?