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pg on June 29, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Harjeet: I'm a partner at Y Combinator. Ask me any...

IANAL but I think it would be legal to ask; we're investing in people's startups, not hiring them. The reason we don't ask about such things is that we don't care. Interviews are only 10 minutes long. We need to spend that time talking about the startup.

cperciva on June 30, 2011 [–]

We need to spend that time talking about the startup.

Huh. Given how much people keep talking about how the team matters more than the startup idea, this surprises me.

Or is it that talking about the startup is the fastest way to learn about the people?

pg on July 1, 2011 | [–]

Exactly.

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