YC interview

How to ace your YC interview

Spring has sprung, and the smell of fresh YC applications is in the air. It’s that special time that happens…

Student Founders, Here’s How to Ace your YC Interview

First-hand Advice from RDV founders who were accepted into Y Combinator

Each year, a number of Rough Draft founders apply, interview, and join Y Combinator’s (YC)…

From Homeless to YC Interview in less than a year

YC Interview Time

About a month ago, I wrote a post about why Y Combinator is for every startup. I got a lot of feedback from that post.

Over the next few days, some of the best startups in the world will travel to Mountain View to be interviewed for a spot in the next batch of Y…

The YC Interview

I initially didn’t tell anyone about my interview because we know that all founders are scared to ‘fail’ —yes, that was me. But…

Meeting the YCombinator Partners: Sniply YC Interview

Two weeks ago, I published the written application that got our 4-week old startup, Snip.ly, an interview with Y Combinator. Last week, we flew down to meet the partners but alas, we were rejected. Nonetheless, I’m sharing our full…

Do you think like a YCombinator Partner? Judge this application and know in 10 days!

Update: We did not get selected for YC interview. This does not change anything for us, except that we have to miss…

Insights from 6 hours of YC Mock Interviews

Thanks to my YC application advice post, I got a ton of inbound requests for mock interviews. I love helping people and really appreciated all those who mock interviewed us, but I didn’t want to get too distracted from work, so I decided to put them all…

How to Get a YCombinator Interview: Sniply YC Application

4-Week Old Startup Gets YCombinator Interview — Here’s Our Application

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