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Out of nothing more than pure curiosity, what do you gain (perceived or otherwise) from the new video requirement? Does it just raise the bar of entry enough t
by icey 18y ago
Out of nothing more than pure curiosity, what do you gain (perceived or otherwise) from the new video requirement?
Does it just raise the bar of entry enough that you receive fewer applications; or is there something to be gained by the determination as to whether or not someone is comfortable in front of a camera?
Applying for a YC cycle is not on my to-do list for the foreseeable future, but if there is some kind of insight to be gained from video applications, I'd love to hear about it.
- pg 18y agoI ended up explaining this to cperciva (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=474457 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=474457). Basically we just want to see what people are like. When we do interviews we always feel that we know more about a group after 30 seconds in person than from reading their whole application. We were hoping that video would give us some of that a step earlier.
- icey 18y agoIt does seem much more agreeable when you look at it as being a "pre-interview". I know when meeting someone in person it's pretty easy to tell how passionate they are about what they're doing (or even how comfortable they are with their ideas). I do hope that you'll write about the results of this particular experiment once its done, I'm curious about how it turns out for you.