Show HN: iPG - YC Interview Simulator • Hacker News Board

Holy macro! This is like a never-ending interrogation! But one hell of a good one, nonetheless. Great piece of stuff James and iPG! Should help out a ton of interviewees.

Re: Show HN: iPG - YC Interview Simulator

#25

Post by mceachen » Fri, Apr 27, 2012, 3:17 AM UTC

When talking to PG and the other YC partners, be substantive, and get straight to the point.

DO NOT BEAT AROUND THE BUSH. Do not hem and haw. "Uhm"s and "uh"s don't lend an aura of intelligence.

Use precise and concise language. You aren't pitching a VC that will ask you what your "secret sauce" is.

He talks quickly, and so do the other YC partners. Try to match their tempo (as you should when talking to anyone).

Re: Show HN: iPG - YC Interview Simulator

#26

Post by DTrejo » Fri, Apr 27, 2012, 3:35 AM UTC

Record the person's response!

Would be great if you could replay each of your responses at the end to see if you sounded horrible (or good).

Re: Show HN: iPG - YC Interview Simulator

#27

Post by jamescun » Fri, Apr 27, 2012, 3:48 AM UTC

mceachen wrote: post #25

When talking to PG and the other YC partners, be substantive, and get straight to the point. DO NOT BEAT AROUND THE BUSH. Do not hem and haw. "Uhm"s and "uh"s don't lend an aura of intelligence. Use precise and concise language. You aren't pitching a VC that will ask you what your "secret sauce" is. He talks quickly, and so do the other YC partners. Try to match their tempo (as you should when talking to anyone).

Added. Thanks.

Re: Show HN: iPG - YC Interview Simulator

#28

Post by mceachen » Fri, Apr 27, 2012, 3:54 AM UTC

jamescun wrote: post #27

mceachen wrote: post #25

When talking to PG and the other YC partners, be substantive, and get straight to the point. DO NOT BEAT AROUND THE BUSH. Do not hem and haw. "Uhm"s and "uh"s don't lend an aura of intelligence. Use precise and concise language. You aren't pitching a VC that will ask you what your "secret sauce" is. He talks quickly, and so do the other YC partners. Try to match their tempo (as you should when talking to anyone).

Added. Thanks.

No, thank you! This is an excellent idea, sir, and good luck!

Re: Show HN: iPG - YC Interview Simulator

#29

Post by tonyjwang » Fri, Apr 27, 2012, 4:00 AM UTC

Any way to make this a generic tool? Would love to be able to use this with my own questions for other purposes.

Re: Show HN: iPG - YC Interview Simulator

#30

Post by jamescun » Fri, Apr 27, 2012, 4:02 AM UTC

tonyjwang wrote: post #29

Any way to make this a generic tool? Would love to be able to use this with my own questions for other purposes.

It's completely static and javascript, so just download all the files (index.html, functions.js, data.js and style.css) and edit the array in data.js.