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This is like a never-ending interrogation! But one hell of a good one, nonetheless. Great piece of stuff James and iPG! Should help out a ton of interviewees.",{"id":56,"by":57,"text":58},"3897058","makeee","Love it! It helped me a lot before my interview ;)",{"value":60,"source":49,"evidence":61},"Founders preparing for Y Combinator interviews",[62,63],{"id":56,"by":57,"text":58},{"id":52,"by":53,"text":54},{"value":65,"source":49,"evidence":66},"Built quickly to help prepare for an interview, shared as a bit of fun",[67],{"id":68,"by":69,"text":70},"3899205","ColinHayhurst","Thanks. We put it together in a couple of hours for our own purposes and a bit if fun. A YC alumni suggested we put it out here. 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