I think most US undergrads start applying for internships during the fall semester and many of them will have already accepted an offer by now. I strongly suggest YC to open up this application earlier, ideally in October or November.
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#52This is sweet news, I don't have any actual job experience so getting an internship this way would be amazing. Good luck to everyone applying!
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#53Can grad students who are interested in leaving academia apply?
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
As someone with no legal expertise in any area: Well, the companies are getting age/race/gender information from seeing you and they could use this information to discriminate against a protected class, but I don't see how its different from in-person interviewing where they would have access to the same information.
>I don't see how its different from in-person interviewing An in-person interview is a two-way conversation and costly (in time and energy) for both sides. It is ideally a rich experience with a lot of infomation. What we have here is a call for a very short (1 minute) one-way look at the candidate, who is asked in incredibly vague terms to introduce themselves. IANAL but it seems like an attorney could make a case t…
> An in-person interview is a two-way conversation and costly (in time and energy) for both sides. It is ideally a rich experience with a lot of infomation.
That's a valid point, but I don't think that discrimination laws say anything about the time and effort required by each party.
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#55Any prospect of accepting high schoolers who have the necessary skills? Would it help if I am concurrently enrolled in college as well?
I can back Krish up as a talented dev.
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#57Crossing my fingers!
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#58>An invitation to YC's intern conference
That sounds neat. Will interns working at YC companies but not placed through this program be invited?
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#59I'm curious if YC itself is looking for interns.. it looks like they might need help fixing the blank screens people have been getting, haha. Nonetheless, this is awesome!
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#60This is intriguing but the application website isn't working for me. The blog post is working fine though.