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<h1 style="text-align: center;">ycombinator(YC) interview questions</h1>
<h2>[WHAT]</h2>
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<li>] this is a listing of the actual questions asked of startup founders in ycombinators interview process</li>
<li>] the questions were sourced from a number of articles where interviewees reported on their ycombinator interview experience</li>
<li>] I prefaced each question, with a category heading for the type of question,</li>
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<li>x] example - [PRODUCT] What are you building?</li>
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<li>] there are currently only 4 categories/types of questions&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] FOUNDER/TEAM, PRODUCT/IDEA, MARKET, BUSINESS</li>
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<h2>[WHY]</h2>
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<li>] practice for your combinator interview</li>
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<li>] chances are your not going to get a ycombinator interview</li>
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<li>] MORE IMPORTANTLY if your going to do a startup, you NEED to be able to answer everyone of these questions</li>
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<li>] quickly -</li>
<li>] concisely -</li>
<li>] honestly -</li>
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<h2>[WHERE]</h2>
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<li>] <a href="/view/steps?id=129" target="_blank">accelorator-applicaton/ycombinator-interview-questions</a></li>
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<li>] each question in an individual record -</li>
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<h2>[WHEN]</h2>
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<li>]</li>
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<h2>[EXAMPLE&nbsp;- list 1&nbsp;- YC - interview questions]</h2>
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<li>PRODUCT] So you guys are making a ____?</li>
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<li>] re:</li>
<li>] What are going to do?</li>
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<li>PRODUCT] Like ___ </li>
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<li>] re:</li>
<li>] YC Partner q1 re: product </li>
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<li>]</li>
</ol>
<li>] YC Partner q2 re: product </li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>BUSINESS] Do you have customers? </li>
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<li>] re:</li>
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<li>PRODUCT] How far along are you?</li>
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<li>] re:</li>
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<li>PRODUCT] YC So what would be an example use case?</li>
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<li>] re:</li>
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<li>PRODUCT BUSINESS] Who&rsquo;s the biggest user?</li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>PRODUCT] have they been successfull with it?&nbsp;</li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>PRODUCT]&nbsp;Let&rsquo;s check it out, see what it looks like.</li>
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<li>] re: demo use case of project</li>
<li>] Where have they been showing the links</li>
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<li>BUSINESS] That&rsquo;s pretty good. So what&rsquo;s the plan for this?</li>
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<li>] re:</li>
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<li>BUSINESS] Is this a durable business? </li>
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<li>] re:</li>
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<li>BUSINESS] Do you think it&rsquo;ll be easy for someone to clone what you&rsquo;ve done?</li>
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<li>] re:</li>
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<li>BUSINESS] But if [COMPETITOR] added this tomorrow&hellip;</li>
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<li>] re:</li>
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<li>BUSINESS] Why is it difficult for new comers?</li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>BUSINESS] What&rsquo;s the revenue model?</li>
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<li>] re:</li>
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<li>BUSINESS] Do you think the sites will mind that you&rsquo;re doing this?</li>
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<li>] re:</li>
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<li>TEAM] How excited are you about working on ____ for a significant chunk of your life?</li>
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<li>] re:</li>
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<li>BUSINESS] Is this growing virally?</li>
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<li>] re:</li>
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<li>BUSINESS] How many users did you say?</li>
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<li>] re:</li>
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<li>BUSINESS] And how fast are you growing?</li>
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<li>] re:</li>
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<li>TEAM] How long have you all worked together?</li>
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<li>] re:</li>
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<li>TEAM] &nbsp;Who does what in the team?</li>
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<li>] re:</li>
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<li>TEAM] Is it an equal split among the 3 of you?</li>
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<li>] re:</li>
</ol></ol>
&nbsp;
<h2>[WHAT - list&nbsp;2&nbsp;- YC - interview questions]</h2>
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<li>] What are going to do?</li>
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<li>] CR# 1</li>
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<li>] Potential Users?</li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>] Obstacles in your path?</li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>] What&rsquo;s wrong with existing options?</li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>] How you&rsquo;ll overcame the barriers that allow existing options to stay bad?</li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>] Who needs what you&rsquo;re making?</li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>] How do you know they need it?</li>
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<li>] CR# #</li>
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<li>] What are they doing now?</li>
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<li>] CR# #</li>
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<li>] What makes you different from existing options?</li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>] Why isn&rsquo;t someone already doing this?</li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>] What obstacles will you face and how will you overcame them?</li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>] How will customers/users find out about you?</li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>] What resistance will they have to trying you?</li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>] How will you overcome that resistance?</li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>] What are the key things about your field that outsiders don&rsquo;t understand?</li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>] What part of your project are you going to build first?</li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>] Who is going to be your first paying customers?</li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>] If your startup succeeds, what additional areas might you be able to expand into?</li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>] Why did you choose this idea?</li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>] What have you learned so far from working on it?</li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>] Six months from now, what&rsquo;s going to be your biggest problem?</li>
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<li>]</li>
</ol></ol>
<h2>[HOW-TO]</h2>
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<li>] <a href="http://old.ycombinator.com/howtoprepare.html" target="_blank">how to prepare for the interview</a></li>
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<li>] by Paul Graham - founder @ycombinator.com -</li>
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<h2>[REFERENCE]</h2>
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<li>2014-04-24]&nbsp;EXAMPLE&nbsp;- <a href="https://medium.com/p/187312cd2cf5" target="_blank">https://medium.com/p/187312cd2cf5</a>&nbsp;</li>
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<li>2014-04-30] EXAMPLE - <a href="http://alchemist.svbtle.com/our-yc-interviews">http://alchemist.svbtle.com/our-yc-interviews</a>&nbsp;- src=hn <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7677773" target="_blank">comments</a></li>
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<li>[2015-03-dd] SOURCE LIST 2= <a href="/view/article?id=4394" target="_blank">my yc experience by creos</a>&nbsp;</li>
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<li>CC] #3027 our yc interview experience -&nbsp;</li>
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<li>]</li>
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