<story><title>Questions you’ll (probably) get asked at your YC interview</title><url>http://www.hyperinkpress.com/news/2011/04/22/5-questions-youll-probably-get-asked-at-your-yc-interview/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>pg</author><text>These are all things we care about, but they are probably not the most common questions we ask.  E.g. we already know about the equity split because we ask about it on the application form, so we only bring it up during the interview if we noticed something odd about it.&lt;p&gt;The thing we care most about in interviews (at least of things one can change) is how engaged the founders are with users.  How do they know people actually want what they&apos;re building?  Have they talked to real, live users?  What have they learned from them?&lt;p&gt;We don&apos;t care super much how big the initial market is, so long as the startup is making something that (a) some subset of people want a &lt;i&gt;lot&lt;/i&gt;, and (b) if that market is not itself huge, there is an easy path into bigger neighboring ones. Basically, we&apos;re looking for startups building Altair Basic.</text></comment>
<story><title>Questions you’ll (probably) get asked at your YC interview</title><url>http://www.hyperinkpress.com/news/2011/04/22/5-questions-youll-probably-get-asked-at-your-yc-interview/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ianl</author><text>In general, answer the question directly and be honest. Trying to use bullshit marketing speak similar to what is taught during an MBA is a turn off and limits their ability to access whether or not you know what you are talking about.&lt;p&gt;At least, thats what I get from this article and every single essay I&apos;ve read that was authored by PG.</text></comment>