Today's the day that YC invites applicants to interviews

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3848202

by cryptoz • 14 years ago

46 40 14 years ago

news.ycombinator.com

"On April 16, we'll invite the groups that seem most promising to meet us in Mountain View during April 26-30." from apply.html

Does anyone know when the invitations go out? I'm super anxious to know.

tmh88j• 14 years ago

I googled this regarding previous years and it seems like they're sent out early evening Eastern time.

edit: mid-evening Eastern Time.

ig1• 14 years ago

Last time: 18:58:52 (PDT)

2pasc• 14 years ago

Same as ig1: last time: 7:01 PM PDT

timerickson• 14 years ago

As was discussed last round [1], they usually arrive at 8PM CDT, 6PM PDT.

[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3179780

Kavan• 14 years ago

Yup W12 I received the email around 6pm PT.

Fingers crossed for S12 and good luck to all the other teams!

Spoom• 14 years ago

Good luck everybody. Hopefully one day I'll be ready to submit an application.

mariscal12• 14 years ago

thanx we all need it =) good luck to U too

camz• 14 years ago

totally ready to get my awesome "rejection letter" lol. =x. it looks like you get the rejections first and then the acceptance letters. hoping to get a response early might be counter-intuitive to the response you're looking for. =/

wrtworld2• 14 years ago

I dont think so. Both are delivered at the same time.

adahm• 14 years ago

Godspeed to all applicants!

apembroke• 14 years ago

Came here for this info. Thanks, and may the force be with you (and also with you).

jmartin• 14 years ago

May the odds be ever in your favor.

argumentum4• 14 years ago

Reading old articles about the YC application process, it always seems like the teams accepted were emailing/skyping/etc with yc partners throughout the process.

Is it indicative of a rejection if you haven't had any correspondence with YC since submitting the app? I'm hoping not because nowadays there are just so many more apps.

wrtworld2• 14 years ago

Just chill. We were selected for YC interview last year and we talked/emailed/skyped with partners only when we were selected for interview. I believe teams start talking with partners only when they are accepted for interview.

argumentum4• 14 years ago

Thanks! I'd chill, but I've decided to base my entire self-worth on this.

kellyreid• 14 years ago

When does the W12 App go up? If we're not chosen this time, we plan to be the first in line for W12 :)

46Bit• 14 years ago

August. Just remember that a rejection isn't quite pluck a random boolean out a hat: you should be looking to move forward and improve, then try for it again if it still seems right. That's what I'll be doing if/when it's a No. Looking to just file again with no change isn't really going to go anywhere.

aliciamk• 14 years ago

any suggestions for calming nerves while we wait? :)

warpspeed2• 14 years ago

single malt.

PavanSSKanwar• 14 years ago

press ups, sit ups, code something, draw something just keep doing something contructive! single malt? not before night! ;-)

argumentum4• 14 years ago

draw something? hmm

mariscal12• 14 years ago

im so nervous that YC wont invite me =(

jingxu2• 14 years ago

just wonder during the wait after we submit the application, anyone received any msg from them?

jingxu2• 14 years ago

of course, we checked our utube video, there were not that many views, so this is definitely not encouraging...

we have funding from other sources. still it would be cool if we are chosen by them

jiganti2• 14 years ago

I didn't get in. Congrats to those who got invites!

jparkside• 14 years ago

How do you know did they send you an email or something?

jiganti2• 14 years ago

Yeah, I just got it.

Delphiki• 14 years ago

We just heard back (4pm PDT) -- no interview for us. Was to be expected, especially as we only heard about YC two weeks before the application was due. Best of luck to everyone else!

bobsil12• 14 years ago

Didn't get in. Don't care, had beta :)

http://daring.is

Congrats to S12.

Nesterov• 14 years ago

Same. Congrats to those that made it.

khwang• 14 years ago

We just heard back and got an interview! Terribly exciting news.

bobsil12• 14 years ago

Congrats and best of luck!

mirsadm2• 14 years ago

We didn't get an interview either! Bummer..we were hoping for an interview as we both have quit our jobs + had senior software positions previously. What kind of teams/people did you guys apply with?

Jamesso• 14 years ago

Good luck to everyone who made it to the interviews! Wish I could be right there with you.

Our team consisted of one senior developer, a creative director and a visual marketing specialist. We're all in our late 20's and were planning to relocate from the east coast.

dcozel• 14 years ago

Congrats and best of luck to the invitees!

msbii• 14 years ago

We received our rejection and very disappointed. We have a disruptive idea and our demo got raving feedback from domain experts. Will post demo here soon.

Congrats to those who got invites.

Today's the day that YC invites applicants to interviews

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