Job Seekers Try Matching on Dating Apps to Score Interviews

December 29, 2025, 10:00 AM UTC

Most people use dating apps to find love. Tiffany Chau used one to hunt for a summer internship.

This fall, the 20-year-old junior at California College of the Arts tailored her Hinge profile to connect with people who could offer job referrals or interviews. One match brought her to a Halloween party, where she networked in hopes of landing a product-design internship for the summer. While there, she got some tips from someone who had recently interviewed at Accenture. As for the connection with her date? Not so much.

Tiffany Chau
Photographer: Camille Cohen/Bloomberg

“I feel like my approach to the dating apps is it being another ...

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