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Curious how many other people got questions from the partners, website logins, video views, and then got rejected. I didn't put much effort into my app, thinki

Curious how many other people got questions from the partners, website logins, video views, and then got rejected. I didn't put much effort into my app, thinking it unlikely that they'd accept me, but darn it, they did get my hopes up a bit :-)

robbiet480 14y ago
I got 3 questions from pg, 10 video views, rejected
- sjtgraham 14y ago
  What were the questions if you don't mind my asking?
  - robbiet480 14y ago
    Sure Which one of you is the CEO? How did the founders meet? What's going to happen to (my previous company that laid me off) if we fund you?
- replayzero 14y ago
  Oh man, thats gotta hurt worse than getting 0 questions!
  - robbiet480 14y ago
    Yup :(
    - hashmij 14y ago
      Yeah, I got 1 question from PG, which really got my hopes up, because I wondered, "why would he ask this if he wasn't interested?" This was especially so since his question implied interest. A real bummer. I wouldn't have been so heartbroken if it hadn't been for this message, which really got my expectations up. It's my own fault though.
biscarch 14y ago
0 questions a video view or 2 Rejected I also had to deal with losing a co-founder during the application process, so I wonder if my perceived instability was a factor. Trying to figure out why if it was a serious reason (instead of just having too many other qualified candidates), although I understand their personal reasons stance.
- willieavendano 14y ago
  I GOT 20 VIEWS LOLZ
alexro 14y ago
We've got 7 video views, no questions
trickmonkey 14y ago
They created an account and poked around but we're both over 30 which I think is an auto-reject.
- stilldetermined 14y ago
  Whatever helps you sleep at night, but just know, that's entirely not the case :-)
- trickmonkey 14y ago
  "entirely." Just mostly.
- dontfallisleep 14y ago
  I don't think so. They have had co-founders over 30 before.
  - trickmonkey 14y ago
    Know I'll never win this, and it's not absolute but there is a bias.
- rdl 14y ago
  There are teams where everyone is over 30, and at least a few where the founders include people older than pg.
  - trickmonkey 14y ago
    Granted, but fairly certain PG never looked at our company. This isn't the early days.
scottmagdalein 14y ago
No questions. No video views. Rejected. I applied as a solo founder, so I'm really not surprised. In other news, I'm considering bringing on a technical cofounder that can take over with what I've built with my very minimal Ruby knowledge while I handle everything else. :)
jennyshen 14y ago
A few days after the submission ended I realized that my video wasn't working, lol.
- replayzero 14y ago
  oh no. Sorry.
selectout 14y ago
8 video views, 0 questions, solo founder rejected.
ricardobeat 14y ago
We only got one view from California (Nov 6) and one from Germany (Nov 4).
victorology 14y ago
We had one video view (embedded in ycombinator.com) and two referrals to our landing page from ycombinator.com as well. No questions.
jamesperet 14y ago
50 video views and 0 questions. Got rejected.

robbiet480 14y ago

I got 3 questions from pg, 10 video views, rejected

sjtgraham 14y ago
What were the questions if you don't mind my asking?
- robbiet480 14y ago
  Sure Which one of you is the CEO? How did the founders meet? What's going to happen to (my previous company that laid me off) if we fund you?
replayzero 14y ago
Oh man, thats gotta hurt worse than getting 0 questions!
- robbiet480 14y ago
  Yup :(
  - hashmij 14y ago
    Yeah, I got 1 question from PG, which really got my hopes up, because I wondered, "why would he ask this if he wasn't interested?" This was especially so since his question implied interest. A real bummer. I wouldn't have been so heartbroken if it hadn't been for this message, which really got my expectations up. It's my own fault though.

biscarch 14y ago

0 questions a video view or 2 Rejected I also had to deal with losing a co-founder during the application process, so I wonder if my perceived instability was a factor. Trying to figure out why if it was a serious reason (instead of just having too many other qualified candidates), although I understand their personal reasons stance.

willieavendano 14y ago
I GOT 20 VIEWS LOLZ

alexro 14y ago

We've got 7 video views, no questions

trickmonkey 14y ago

They created an account and poked around but we're both over 30 which I think is an auto-reject.

stilldetermined 14y ago
Whatever helps you sleep at night, but just know, that's entirely not the case :-)
trickmonkey 14y ago
"entirely." Just mostly.
dontfallisleep 14y ago
I don't think so. They have had co-founders over 30 before.
- trickmonkey 14y ago
  Know I'll never win this, and it's not absolute but there is a bias.
rdl 14y ago
There are teams where everyone is over 30, and at least a few where the founders include people older than pg.
- trickmonkey 14y ago
  Granted, but fairly certain PG never looked at our company. This isn't the early days.

scottmagdalein 14y ago

No questions. No video views. Rejected. I applied as a solo founder, so I'm really not surprised. In other news, I'm considering bringing on a technical cofounder that can take over with what I've built with my very minimal Ruby knowledge while I handle everything else. :)

jennyshen 14y ago

A few days after the submission ended I realized that my video wasn't working, lol.

replayzero 14y ago
oh no. Sorry.

selectout 14y ago

8 video views, 0 questions, solo founder rejected.

ricardobeat 14y ago

We only got one view from California (Nov 6) and one from Germany (Nov 4).

victorology 14y ago

We had one video view (embedded in ycombinator.com) and two referrals to our landing page from ycombinator.com as well. No questions.

jamesperet 14y ago

50 video views and 0 questions. Got rejected.