Ben Lang

YC Interview Simulator 2.0 - YC interview prep - pitch, reflect & improve

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Experience realistic YC interviews through AI conversations with iconic YC partners! They will challenge your answers, push back on vague claims and adopt dynamically to your responses across 12 topics. Get valuable feedback & Improve your pitch- NOW!

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Johannes Danielmeyer
๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿš€ Thrilled to be back with YC Interview Simulator 2.0 - a major upgrade shaped by hundreds of founder conversations and feedback of YC founders. ๐Ÿš€ What's new? We rebuilt the entire experience: - Choose your YC partner personality (each with their unique style) - Timed 10-minute sessions (just like the real deal!) - Detailed evaluation cards after each session - Track your progress across different topics - Completely revamped UI that feels natural and intuitive ๐Ÿค– The core is still what you loved: Dynamic conversations that adapt to your answers, catch vague claims, and push for specifics. But now you can actually see your improvement over time, save your best responses, and practice with different YC partners. ๐ŸŽ Launch Deal: - Start with 3 FREE sessions - Get 50% off any package with code "PRODUCTHUNT" - All packages include the full feature set No need to wonder anymore how you'd do in an Interview! ๐Ÿ“ˆ Perfect your pitch, strengthen your narrative, and walk into that YC interview knowing you've practiced with the best simulator out there. ๐Ÿ”œ Coming soon: This simulator is just the beginning of Mentara - your comprehensive founder support system. We're building THE coaching, training, and mentoring ecosystem we wish existed when we started our first companies. ๐ŸŽฎ Get the unfair advantage: Start practicing now and join hundreds of founders elevating their pitch game. Cut through the fluff, sharpen your metrics, and truly understand your business. No buzzwords allowed - just clear, compelling answers that stand up to scrutiny. Not affiliated with Y Combinator. @YCombinator @mwseibel
Jitesh โญ•
Launching soon!
๐Ÿ˜น LOL
After practicing with this, YC : Shut up and take my money!
Johannes Danielmeyer
@jiteshghanchi Will do a study on what is the % increased likelihood of our users being accepted.
Daniel Zaitzow
Launching soon!
@johannesdanielmeyer love the idea to iterate and re-launch so quickly! Keep crushing.
Johannes Danielmeyer
Especially appreciate your support @dzaitzow!
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Hunter
๐Ÿ’ก Bright idea
Very useful for prospective YC companies, great use case of AI!
Johannes Danielmeyer
@benln Thank you for this great feedback and Hunting our todays launch!
Fabrizio Cesarini
Congrats @johannesdanielmeyer A very useful project!
Rick Fan
Congrats, Johannes, it's really interesting app, very mature!
Johannes Danielmeyer
@rick_fan Glad you tried it out and liked it.
Max Brenner
๐Ÿง Good find
looks sleek! Great interview UX
Johannes Danielmeyer
@maxjbre Appreciate this feedback from someone with your Maker history!
Fredric Cliver
Interesting idea and the detailed report looks like you have cared about a lot of aspects of applying YC!
Johannes Danielmeyer
@fredriccliver We tried to use YC evaluation metrics as general benchmarks. They are well applicable to general context as well.
Katarina Ganina
Great way to beat anxiety through productivity:) I'm sure many will find it helpful to reassure and calm down before a real interview
Johannes Danielmeyer
@katarina_ganina Great comment!
Pablo Velez
Congrats on the launch! ๐Ÿš€ I can definitely see the potential of using AI to emulate these interviews. However, Iโ€™m curious, how can I trust that the system emulates YC partners with a high level of quality? Have you trained the AI on examples of real interviews or other publicly available information?
Johannes Danielmeyer
@pablo_velez I'd say try it out and tell me if you have been challenged harder before. Looking forward to your feedback!
Henn Runnel
Really interesting concept. Will sure check it out in the coming days.
Johannes Danielmeyer
@hennrunnel Let us know what you think about it !
Sahith
woo! hopefully I'll be able to use it in the future.
Johannes Danielmeyer
@sahithkrishna_an looking forward to your feedback!
Marc Klingen
Congrats on the launch! Love audio/realtime experiences
Johannes Danielmeyer
@marc_klingen Much more to come!
Rabii Luena
Congrats on your team! All the best with the product.
Johannes Danielmeyer
@rbluena Thank you Rabii!
Johan Steneros
Love this idea., Will try it out.
Johannes Danielmeyer
@jsteneros Looking forward to your feedback!
Madalina B
Congrats on the launch, wishing you tons of upvotes and success ๐Ÿš€
Martin Bender
Will start using with my Co-Founders to prepare for the upcming application!
Johannes Danielmeyer
@martinelo24 Cool Martin - Let me know if you need more credits to burn!
Mayank Mishra
Launching soon!
very helpful idea man, Are you building it alone or you have a team?
Johannes Danielmeyer
@mishra_mayank We are building with a small team currently.
Andrรฉ J
It needs more delay. And bad connection simulation. EU <-> SF over Teams is paaaaaain ๐Ÿ˜‚ Timing interruptions, jokes, and quick hocks to make the convo flow is half the job, if not even more ๐Ÿ˜…
Johannes Danielmeyer
@sentry_co haha - Good one!
Huzaifa Shoukat
Congrats on the launch! This sounds super cool. How do you think the AI adapts to different responses?
Johannes Danielmeyer
@ihuzaifashoukat You better find our yourself. Trust me - Its worth it !