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As someone who will start looking for a job soon, I have spent considerable time to understand and prepare for the application and nerve-racking process of a Job Interview. Over the past few months, I have seen a lot of posts about how “candidates” can prepare for job interviews, be it standing in front of a mirror and practicing, preparing a script for the interview, researching about the company prior to the interview, or using their networking skills. The posts were quite exhaustive and very informative. But none of these techniques can give a “candidate” the real feel of the exhausting process of a job interview really is. So I thought long and hard about what is the one thing that nerds like us are even more afraid of than being interviewed for a job? Thanks to the severe lack of women in STEM and especially in Aerospace, the answer was not too hard to find. It’s holding a random conversation with a woman outside of work… and modern problems like these require modern solutions. So I decided to prepare for my future job interviews through Tinder, which resulted in a four-month-long experiment, the results of which have been illustrated in this article. For the benefit of fellow nerds in my network, I have broken down the entire process into simple steps and drawn parallels to the actual job interview process, hope you find it useful.<\/p>\n

Step 1: Setting up your profile and applying<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the first step in your application process and it is much more crucial than you think. It basically sets the tone of your search, you get to decide what types of roles you are looking for, how far are you willing to go for it, and then highlight the skills that you think make you suitable for the roles you are selecting. A common mistake that “candidates” tend to make is that we lose focus and instead of searching and applying for specific roles we start looking for any and all available opportunities. In LinkedIn terms, this is akin to typing “interested” in the comments section of “I have a list of companies that are hiring” posts and hoping for a miracle. Having understood that, let us now set up our profiles:<\/p>\n

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Now that you have set up your profile and decided upon the roles and types of companies you want to be employed by you can start sending out applications, aka swiping right. In case you find a company offering exactly what you are looking for don’t be afraid to put in some extra effort and sending a more personalized application, aka super like. So far, we have only taken care of most of the clerical steps, now comes the interesting part.<\/p>\n

Step 2: Being shortlisted and round one interview<\/h3>\n

Congratulations!!! You have sent out tens of applications and have now started hearing back from a few of those companies. Your inbox starts glowing and you start feeling good about yourself. Now sometimes, candidates can get cocky seeing an overwhelming response or become saddened by the lack of it. In any case, we should remember that it is only round one of a three-round interview process, so maintain your calm and focus.<\/p>\n

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In this round, the employer wants to check how well have you read their job description, aka tinder bio so you can expect some fundamental questions like:<\/p>\n