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Re:Applications open for the summer 2014 YC batch by zmitri on Saturday February 22, 2014 @04:28PM (#7283688)
Our 14% acceptance rate makes the most appropriate title "How not to get into Y Combinator."

But yeah, if you get an interview (you're already doing pretty well!), the 42Floors founders practice interview is the best training you can get for it.

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Re:Applications open for the summer 2014 YC batch by jaf12duke on Saturday February 22, 2014 @08:17PM (#7284519)
Good! We'll be doing it again. To anyone that gets an interview invitation, contact me at @jasonfreedman and we'll be happy to do a mock-interview. Several alumni did mocks for us when we were applying and we found it massively helpful.
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Re:Applications open for the summer 2014 YC batch by nwenzel on Saturday February 22, 2014 @11:10PM (#7284886)
I can say without any doubt in my mind, without Jason's advice and the mock interview he took me through, I would not have been accepted into YC.

Nothing else will be as helpful as a mock interview. Jason's advice is on point, direct, and helpful. He's probably as close as you get to the real thing.

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