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You approached the interview incorrectly. At the interview, the YC partners will play devil's advocate without prefacing what they are saying with "You know, I
by YuriNiyazov 18y ago
You approached the interview incorrectly. At the interview, the YC partners will play devil's advocate without prefacing what they are saying with "You know, I am just playing devil's advocate here". There are multiple ways to respond - you can defend your idea to the death, you can respond with reasons why you either think they are wrong, or you can indicate that you are willing to change your idea substantially. I am willing to bet that you guys just folded.
- richcollins 18y agoActually, we were rejected because we held to our idea too strongly. PG thought that our feelings on the matter were too strong given our level of experience. I don't hold that against him at all, I just couldn't resist responding to his claim that good design and success at online retailing were somehow at odds.