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It self selects for people who are great at talking about themselves i.e narcissists.
by umeshunni 8y ago
It self selects for people who are great at talking about themselves i.e narcissists.
- vex 8y agoIf you don't have anything interesting to say about yourself or your ambitions, maybe you just aren't that interesting of a person...
- avmich 8y agoBut maybe not?
- doublekill 8y agoI think the intent behind question 3 is to find people who want to work on something that defines their life enough it makes it on their obituary. Selecting for life passion, not temporary dreamers.
- detaro 8y agoBit obvious for that, isn't it? (Although I guess "willing to say whatever they think YC wants to hear" might be part of the filter too, possibly in multiple ways)