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Anyone here who got YC reject? What were the learnings?

Founder

Anyone here who got YC reject? What were the learnings?- Grapevine

How was your interview and what sort of traction do you already have 

Had applied did not get in or called for an interview

Anyone here got into yc w24?

Software Developer

Which YC funded Indian startups have been successful over the years?

Successful = Profitable / Growing Revenue YoY with necessary burn / Dominant Market share. 

The Indian startups accepted list seems to have increased to a handful every year, but don't see any of them creating the impact that one expects from businesses selected by a seed platform that prides itself on extreme scrutiny for all applicants. 

Where do you think is the gap?  American understanding of Indian business models / consumers / market or somewhere else?

YC StartUps in India

Sales Manager

Unsure how many of you are aware of the DRS - Decision Review System. You'll, if you are a Cricket viewer.

Do you think Y Combinator needs to add a Decision Review System?

Our last application(YC W23) got shortlisted for the interview and we were in the top 8% but got flunked in the final interview. 

This time it was a topsy-turvy experience, had a heap of hopes but couldn't even get the interview call.

Anyone out here on similar lines ? If Yes, Your thoughts.

Should DRS be introduced in YC applications as well ?

Investment Banking Associate

What advice will you give you to someone applying the first time?

P.S. someone posted rejection question, I took the chance for approval lol

Anyone who got YC approved? You or someone you know

Consultant

Hey all, we are based in Bangalore, planning to move to Sans Francisco, rejected YC term sheet, and building geo-located MutualSpaces for people to discover, engage and connect with people within the city over common needs/ideas/wants.

Vision Alignment: Basically, you post any request/post and it will get delivered to relevant people (not random & general people) for acceptance/discussion within the city. Need a canvas from an oil painter or AI engineer for your project or specific co-founder request or discovering travel/event partner, COD gamers within the neighborhood, your post will reach relevant people and get connected.

Reality Check: Fancy and imaginary, right? Yes, that is the ideal concept and we will be making the platform closest to the ideal one using current AI technology, NLP to create a user's personality person to predict their mutualism. (Data exhaustive) 

Product GTM: Our initial product will be different, doing different things to get enough people on the network, -kind of a replacement for your online messaging groups. We know the messaging format of online group sucks, i.e Discord channels were developed, which also sucked for 0-6 users groups.

Achievement: <95% positive responses from our PoC while testing our thesis. We built it in the first 1.5 months and today we crossed 7 months understanding and researching people's wants in detail and planning product GTM to onboard massive users. Building is easier, the question was what.

Do you know? Global Networks are often run by 5% creators and 95% social consumers, while discussion networks are run by more than 10-40-65% participants like Hood-GV-Reddit.

(Looking for people to go all in and join our development team of 5. State your few lines on why, other on experience, company stage and proficiency in building scalable web apps.)

P.S. We focus on building things that people want. And you can guess our USP.

S̶o̶c̶i̶a̶l̶ P̶r̶o̶f̶e̶s̶s̶i̶o̶n̶a̶l̶ Mutual Network♻️✅✅🇮🇳

Solution Architect

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

I have worked at a YC startup and a non-YC one (Nexus backed). From my experiences YC one had very good work culture and business growth was rapid too. But Nexus backed startup gave me significant raise (10LPA to 18LPA). But the sample size is extremely low to conclude anything.

Also, whenever a YC backed company’s recruiter reaches me out, he or she is delighted to see a YC tag in my resume. But some recruiters give zero Fs. Few dont even know YC.

So,
1. Does a YC tag generally mean the startup is of higher in quality (work culture, team dynamics, business outlook etc.)?
2. Is a YC tag a plus point on resume while switching?

Does YC tag still have value?

Software Engineer

So did you guys fill out YC application for S24 batch? I'm pretty curious to know anyone planning to go in with a product which already has been funded by YC. And does YC backs up competition?

YC Application

Welcome to Business Roles's Private Community

Context- Applied for the 24’ Kalaari Fellowship, still waiting for interview shortlists

Would love to hear your experiences/ what you know about the fellowship. 
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Tips on how to crack VC (analyst) interviews are welcome!
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To all 24’ applicants- have you heard back? If yes, pls share deets

Kalaari Capital Fellowship

Digital Marketing

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

Not able to get into HR rounds after doing well in technical interviews. 

Comp1: cleared 5 technical rounds.  They asked me to come in person for a particular date, informed me that date and time will be informed later. After a week got rejection mail. 

Comp2: Done well in the technical round. Profile was in process status  in the company portal for the last 45 days.  Today I got a rejection mail. 

Mera life ithna kharab hogaya.... Ithna kharab hogaya..

Ghosting companies

Cloud Architect

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

Had the first round with HPE VP (Product). For senior PM role where the candidate should have experience with building data pipeline and data tools. 

I have the same. The interview went well. I spoke about how i helped business building the pipelines and platforms. While discussing, i said that i once in a while code as well. 

Later i found that i was rejected. Not able to comprehend, what went wrong here. Can someone share your thoughts?

Review

was on the last stages of the conversations and got rejected for god knows what reason. capable enough to do stuff and get shit done and good experience but still. what a bad fucking time.

just got rejected again!

Intern

All the Folks who are laid off, my sincere wishes for strength and support during these challenging times.
Swiggy is hiring for a few roles, I can help you with referrals. Anyone can write me up with the job profile at ahujahghg1@gmail.com 

Currently available roles:
SDET (19 positions)
ASDE (Backend or Android or iOS)
SDE2 (Android or iOS)
Data Scientist 2
Business Analyst (multiple teams - total 7 positions)

Swiggy is hiring

Technical Director

Hi folks,

I got laid off today from a YC-backed startup (W23) citing a shift in product focus. Was part of the core team since Oct '21, initially as an intern then later converted to FTE in '22. Got a decent (30%+) increment this year. I was leading the mobile platform but currently, I'm on a notice period. CTO is supportive and helping me via their network.

I'm a recent graduate and this is my first time experiencing a layoff. What should I do now? What things should I keep in mind looking for the next opportunity? 

Also, if you are hiring and looking for a full-stack engineer, do reach out via https://t.me/GrimBeard75

Got laid-off from a YC backed startup

Product Engineer

Got a chance to interview at a really good pbc which I always wanted to be part of, but got rejected in the first round itself. Bad days teaches us more I guess.

Interview rejection

The title speaks for itself.

As a fresher, should I focus only on developing my experience or should I care about funding, number of employees and all that stuff?

By the way this startup is a part of YC.

Working at a Pre-Seed or Seed stage startup?

Data Analyst

I am a frontend developer with 1.4 years of experience. I worked in a YC-backed startup where I led their product. I have given interviews at Simpl Pay, PhonePe and many small and mid-sized startups. For Simpl Pay and PhonePe, I failed the interviews and was disappointed in myself. In small and mid-sized startups there I answered 95% of their questions perfectly, yet I was still rejected. 

I have given 9 interviews to date and have been rejected in each of them. I would say 60% of them were interviews where I answered every question correctly and felt I should have been hired while 40% were ones where I failed to answer some questions and deserved the rejection.

It has been 6-7 months that I am unemployed, learning React Native and TypeScript and going deeper into frontend technologies. I am not able to understand if this is only happening to me or if it is common in the current market.

Any guidance or advice that could help me get a job quickly would be greatly appreciated. I feel well-prepared for interviews but any additional insights you have might be beneficial.

Job Hunting Since Nov 22 (Still unemployed)

I'm already 7 months in & I'm slowly starting to give up now. The positive affirmations, the "your time will come" crap is just not working anymore.

Financially, I'm a mess. Living in constant stress & anxiety, parents don't believe in me, can't go out & have a drink with my friends since i have deliberately been out of contact with them.

What has helped you go through such situations?

What's the highest duration you've been unemployed?

Product Manager

Has anyone applied to YC? If yes what was your experience, what all have you done before applying to YC? What was your market segment? Any other stories and gyaan related to applying and working with YC please!

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