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		rfugger on Oct 23, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How not to Pitch To Y Combinator (2006) I had a YC interview in 2008, and the experience was the same. We kept trying to give a demo, and they kept sidetracking us. I think they do it on purpose to see how you handle the situation. I didn't handle it well. I basically turned into an argument :)

pg on Oct 23, 2010 [–]

"I think they do it on purpose to see how you handle the situation."

We do so many interviews a day that we don't have the energy to be tricky. The reason we keep asking questions is simply that we have questions.

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