1 00:00:00,403 --> 00:00:03,210 (upbeat music) 2 00:00:03,210 --> 00:00:05,160 - Online dating apps are everywhere. 3 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:08,460 In fact, last month, Stanford University put out a study, 4 00:00:08,460 --> 00:00:10,120 which found that, in the United States, 5 00:00:10,120 --> 00:00:12,840 meeting people online is now the most common way 6 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:13,770 to find a partner. 7 00:00:13,770 --> 00:00:16,320 The concept of swiping right has become so popular 8 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:18,040 that it's moved into the business world. 9 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,470 - [Interviewer] What's your relationship status right now? 10 00:00:20,470 --> 00:00:22,610 - I am in a relationship. 11 00:00:22,610 --> 00:00:24,050 - I'm dating someone right now. 12 00:00:24,050 --> 00:00:25,650 - [Interviewer] So how'd you meet? 13 00:00:25,650 --> 00:00:27,150 - We met on Tinder. 14 00:00:27,150 --> 00:00:28,130 - Starbucks. 15 00:00:28,130 --> 00:00:29,410 - I've actually dated a girl 16 00:00:29,410 --> 00:00:31,020 for the last year and a half, who I met on Hinge. 17 00:00:31,020 --> 00:00:32,710 So I'm pretty much what you call 18 00:00:32,710 --> 00:00:34,330 a success story, so to speak. 19 00:00:34,330 --> 00:00:36,270 - [Interviewer] What was your experience with dating apps? 20 00:00:36,270 --> 00:00:37,450 - You could be at working doing it, 21 00:00:37,450 --> 00:00:38,990 be on the train doing it. 22 00:00:38,990 --> 00:00:42,400 You can date multiple people at one time. 23 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,300 - Honestly, it's kinda just therapeutic to sit and swipe, 24 00:00:45,300 --> 00:00:48,030 more so than actually like talk to people. 25 00:00:48,030 --> 00:00:51,610 That sounds weird, but it's just a thing people do. 26 00:00:51,610 --> 00:00:53,790 Like I find myself randomly opening the app 27 00:00:53,790 --> 00:00:56,570 and just swiping, but never really looking 28 00:00:56,570 --> 00:00:58,740 or hoping to find someone through the app. 29 00:00:58,740 --> 00:00:59,710 - [Interviewer] Have you ever used... 30 00:00:59,710 --> 00:01:02,500 In Bumble, there's like the professional side of it, 31 00:01:02,500 --> 00:01:03,690 where you're networking. 32 00:01:03,690 --> 00:01:05,250 - The only app I would really think to use 33 00:01:05,250 --> 00:01:08,270 for professional purposes is like LinkedIn or Indeed. 34 00:01:08,270 --> 00:01:10,850 I would never think to go on a dating app 35 00:01:10,850 --> 00:01:12,800 to find like a job prospect. 36 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,930 - [Interviewer] There's also apps where, like LinkedIn, 37 00:01:15,930 --> 00:01:19,090 you set up a profile and then you're essentially swiping 38 00:01:19,090 --> 00:01:21,000 through job listings. 39 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,420 And if they swipe right on you, you swipe right on them, 40 00:01:24,420 --> 00:01:25,260 you connect. 41 00:01:25,260 --> 00:01:26,660 You think you would use it? 42 00:01:26,660 --> 00:01:28,160 - I would. - I would use it, yeah. 43 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:28,993 - I would. 44 00:01:28,993 --> 00:01:30,380 That's actually pretty interesting. 45 00:01:30,380 --> 00:01:31,310 - Yeah, absolutely. 46 00:01:31,310 --> 00:01:33,600 - The ability to sorta just easily apply to jobs 47 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:35,900 with swiping sounds like a really, really cool idea. 48 00:01:35,900 --> 00:01:38,020 - [Interviewer] There's something about swiping that, 49 00:01:38,020 --> 00:01:38,910 and we've had people say that 50 00:01:38,910 --> 00:01:41,160 it's kinda like you just pass the time almost. 51 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:41,993 - Yeah. - [Interviewer] You just, 52 00:01:41,993 --> 00:01:43,570 "Oh, I got 10 minutes, I'll..." 53 00:01:43,570 --> 00:01:47,030 Do you think that is the approach that one should be having 54 00:01:47,030 --> 00:01:48,433 with finding a potential job? 55 00:01:48,433 --> 00:01:50,550 - I think it kinda goes both ways. 56 00:01:50,550 --> 00:01:54,890 So what I have found personally, in that searching for jobs, 57 00:01:54,890 --> 00:01:56,820 can sorta be a black hole experience, 58 00:01:56,820 --> 00:01:58,260 where you'll apply to something 59 00:01:58,260 --> 00:01:59,820 and write a whole cover letter 60 00:01:59,820 --> 00:02:03,610 and it'll end up going into this sorta like dark pool of... 61 00:02:03,610 --> 00:02:05,110 You're not sure if anyone looks at it. 62 00:02:05,110 --> 00:02:07,010 So it's sorta like the reciprocal reaction 63 00:02:07,010 --> 00:02:08,997 to that, where it's like, "Well, if no one's really going 64 00:02:08,997 --> 00:02:11,557 "to look at like my application anyway, 65 00:02:11,557 --> 00:02:13,017 "why shouldn't I be able to do it as simply 66 00:02:13,017 --> 00:02:14,130 "as just like swiping?" 67 00:02:14,130 --> 00:02:16,140 - I think if you're able to find a potential 68 00:02:16,140 --> 00:02:18,330 like life partner from an app, 69 00:02:18,330 --> 00:02:20,620 I think a job is a less serious thing. 70 00:02:20,620 --> 00:02:22,073 - Right. (laughs) - In my opinion. 71 00:02:22,073 --> 00:02:22,906 - Damn, that's good, babe. 72 00:02:22,906 --> 00:02:24,700 - 'Cause you can quit the job at anytime, 73 00:02:24,700 --> 00:02:26,140 but if you're gonna like get married to someone 74 00:02:26,140 --> 00:02:27,070 you meet on Tinder-- - Right. 75 00:02:27,070 --> 00:02:28,410 - like you can find a job that you work 76 00:02:28,410 --> 00:02:30,160 for a year or two years out of your life. 77 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,753 Like it's not that serious. - Definitely.