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Nice, I've been waiting for the next round to open up. Application #3 (for this startup), here I come. That said, I'm seriously considering just not bothering
by sudosteph 6y ago
Nice, I've been waiting for the next round to open up. Application #3 (for this startup), here I come.
That said, I'm seriously considering just not bothering with the fluff questions this time around (ie, "describe a time you hacked something to your advantage"). I know what they're going for (they want to see if someone can be clever without being unethical), but I always feel I feel like I put too much effort into appearing clever and it doesn't really matter. I'd much rather be talking about and building my company anyhow.
- bredren 6y agoI also don’t like these questions. I don’t know who is reading them and some hacks are personal.
- rytill 6y agoThat question has gotten stale and game-able. Ycombinator has a motif of not asking the kinds of questions that could be gamed on a test, but this question is exactly that.
- smashah 6y agoWow I didn't know that's why they asked that question. I just put down a hack to get more ice cream from Baskin Robbins for less money. Is that unethical? I guess it's subjective.