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The Y-Combinator Interview lasts just 10-minutes meaning you need to be concise in your answers and practise as much as possible. Your job is to quickly convey what your company does and convince the 3-5 partners/interviewers that you are building something special that will offer exponential value to investors.

○ Make something people want (show it to people and ask)

○ Make something new and interesting (not derivative)

○ Aim for a big and long-term problem/market

○ Have something to show (a demo, or numbers)

This question set contains 80 quick-fire YC interview questions that can be used to prepare online or practised, timed, via Alexa.

No stock answers are provided. The main focus should be to get your answers concise and punchy. For the best experience select 'Hide Explanations' from the question filter.