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I haven't heard much about the Skype pre-interview. Does anyone know more about that? Are they common?

I'm not sure if everyone receives the same email but last year we got one from Harj Taggar to setup a video call. They wanted to:

1. "Give you a heads up on the kinds of things likely to come up for you specifically at interview".

2. "Let you ask us any questions you might have about YC".

It was a 5-10 minutes thing.

Interesting, thank you. Was that after they had already invited you out?

Yes, a week or two after being invited.

Thanks!

Never had a pre interview before my interview. I think it may be if YC wants to understand something about your application that isn't totally clear, before making a judgement on giving an interview.

Thanks, that makes sense.

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