> "Make sure everyone speaks"<p>From personal experience in a YC interview: My cofounders and I decided we would speak and answer in turns. The problem we ultimately ran into after a few minutes was that one of our interviewers asked, "so who is the CEO?" Inside, we knew that was a bad sign (I believe I've heard PG say that it's a very bad sign).<p>It probably wasn't the only reason we were ultimately rejected, but it certainly didn't help. Looking back on that experience, one of the things I would have changed would be the author's next bit of advice:<p>> "Generally speaking, there will be one person that answers most of the time"<p>[Edit] People have asked why I felt that being asked "so who is the CEO?" was a bad sign: <a href="https://youtu.be/JK3sVFs6_rs?t=175" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/JK3sVFs6_rs?t=175</a><p>> "It's really bad if we're talking to a bunch of founders and we can't figure out who the leader is..."<p>Again... This was one YC interview a number of years ago, and I of course have no real insight into the final impression we left on our interviewers. Just something that I remember not feeling great about in hindsight.