If you're applying this cycle: How to Apply to Y Combinator

Re:If you're applying this cycle: How to Apply to Y Combinator by amaranand on Thursday March 10, 2011 @01:48PM (#2310181)

Thanks for putting this together. It was super helpful.

Another question that kind of sticks out as a wild card is:

Please tell us something surprising or amusing that one of you has discovered. (The answer need not be related to your project.)

Unfortunately, you don't really talk about it in the how-to. Is this not that important of a question for you? Is it just an opportunity to get a sense of the applicants personality? In general what are you trying to evaluate with this question?

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Re:If you're applying this cycle: How to Apply to Y Combinator by pg on Thursday March 10, 2011 @01:54PM (#2310215)

That's to learn what the personalities of the founders are like. Few things are so revealing as what amuses people.

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