Interview
Questions
Techstars Interview Questions
Prepare for Techstars' team-focused interview process. They evaluate "team, team, team, market, product, traction" in that order. Coachability is key.
If I gave you $200K to spend only on hiring, who would you hire first and why?
Is there a market for what you're building? How well do you understand it?
What are the most important leading indicators for your business? What's your most important KPI this week?
What would be the ideal outcome of working with Techstars?
How did you validate this market? What research did you do?
As the CEO, what drives you crazy about your co-founders?
Why are you and your co-founders the best people in the world to solve this problem?
Why did you apply to Techstars? How do you think the program can help you specifically?
What is the biggest risk to your startup and how are you mitigating it?
Tell me about your biggest failure as a founder. What did you learn?
How do you plan to use the Techstars network to grow your business?
What are your key milestones for the next 3 months?