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Truth-seeking & thoughtful pushback
Use "Truth-seeking & thoughtful pushback" to tell the cases apart, then choose a response for each one.
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Truth-seeking is the value Cursor talks about most and the founder round is built to test it. The question underneath is simple: can you hold a strong opinion, defend it and then change your mind when the evidence moves - without ego getting in the way?
Most candidates answer this badly in one of two directions. Either they have no example of changing their mind, which reads as rigid or they fold instantly on every disagreement, which reads as having no point of view. The signal lives in the middle.