Corporate Strategist

Isn't this common knowledge? Or did I assume?

Founder

Team Lead

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

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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

Anyone who got YC approved? You or someone you know- Grapevine

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

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

Software Developer

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?

willl try my best to be honest, ask me anything

AMA - I work at a VC fund

Analyst

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

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

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

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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

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Rejected by Scapia and Fi, no reasons given
Saw a video on Niyo Global, saying they have huge downtimes which can be inconvenient

Others I found
1. IDFC Wow Zero Forex card
2. BookMyForex YES Bank Forex Card
3. TripMoney Global Cash Card

Please suggest

International Cards : Suggestion

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

Thanks for all the support you guys have shown for my projects from the ideation stage to development.

I have launched Pocket on both Android & iOS and will be sharing the invites as soon as possible just scaling the backend.

Download Now => https://getpocket.money

Also thanks for the love even for my side project, AdSpace aggregator for popular mobile apps, where I will help marketers to promote their apps on apps like PhonePe, Paytm & Swiggy.

Check here => https://adspace.gallery

Ask me anything around design and development today, also I will help you out if I can on your project.

At the end thanks guys. I am applying for YC and hope to get in. Party for all of if I do get in ❤️🤩

I love you guys ❤️🥰

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intervue.io (they were in shark tank s3)

Had signed up on the platform sometimes back, Got my profile approved as well. But didn’t take interviews as the monitory benefits seemed too low to me. 


Anyone who is currently interviewing candidates for them, please share your experience.

Anyone here currently an interviewer with intervue.io?

Staff Engineer

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I'm feeling burnt out in my current role.  Two years ago, I joined a SIEM vendor as a Cloud Security Analyst, but the title was a bit misleading.  I've actually been functioning more as a Site Reliability Engineer.

I've been pushing to move to a security focused team for a while now, but with no official security experience on my resume, it's been tough.

I stay on top of all the latest security threats and trends.  I even built my own home lab to experiment with replicating attacker behavior and writing detection rules to catch them. I'm aware of current geopolitical trends and their impact on cybersecurity.  I truly believe I have the skills and passion to be a great security analyst/ engineer.

The challenge is getting past the initial application stage. Despite my skills, I'm not getting interview callbacks. For example let’s say, I could potentially track and respond to an APT before a breach occurs, I can't showcase this ability without an opportunity.

So, that's where I'm hoping you guys can help.  Any advice on how to gain the experience needed to overcome these application rejections would be greatly appreciated.

I Am Security Analyst (but Nobody Knows It)

Security Engineer

Hi Viners,

I am currently applying to Enterprise / SaaS organisations in Bengaluru and getting confused when trying to benchmark my level against different companies as they all use different employee leveling scales.

This is getting to be an issue as the salary range is generally benchmarked to the level of the open position and I'm unable to reply confidently to the recruiters on my salary expectations.

My most recent position was as a Senior Lead UX Designer in an IT Services company.

I was leading teams of 3-5 UX and UI designers for end-to-end design engagements and my clients were large MNCs including a fortune 50 pharma giant. I was also involved in training and evaluating associate designers and expected to contribute to design proposals for potential clients.

Any advice or pointers on how you figured out your own experience and employee level when applying to roles would be really appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

---
YOE: 5
TC: 21.5L

Confused Designer. What is my employee level?

Product Designer

Have an offer in hand. How is the work culture here?

Anyone here working at Quince?

Product Manager

Shall I be honest and answer - The product launch at my current company is being pushed forward by a couple of quarters, as a result I'm looking for a new place, and what could be more exciting than joining a YC-backed startup and making an impact?

Or I should write fluff - And don’t mention about my reason of leaving last company?

I’m applying for a role and they have asked me why us?

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

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

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