[killion]

I liken Michael in question-mode to being on train tracks with an engine bearing down on you. He will follow a line of reasoning with deep questions rapid fire. This puts you off guard and makes you lower your defenses – that way he gets to the shared understanding faster.

The important thing for the entrepreneur to do afterwards is to remember your responses and try to understand what he was driving at. There is a lot of emotion in the moment, but when you look back you find the wisdom.

For reference we were lucky enough to get him and Dalton as our YC advisors.

[mwseibel]

I learned this technique from one of the best YC interviewers of all time - Paul Buchheit.

[killion]

I assume you get exhausted after doing that all day. Just know that I appreciate you doing it!