I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at OkCupid in Sep 2021
Interview
I’ve had 2 consistently bad experiences with OKCupid and the interview process. The first time I assumed the recruiter was unorganized and bad at her job, but after I had an identical experience 2 years later with another recruiter, I know that they have biased and unfair practices based upon me being in an underrepresented class.
In both instances, I applied for a job and checked the boxes to identify my ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation. Both times, I received an invitation to do a phone screening. The times were set and the recruiters ghosted me as if I wouldn't follow up with them. The first time this happened the recruiter emailed and said “oops, I was in a meeting”. We rescheduled for the next day and she ghosted me again. When I followed up to see if we were still scheduled to meet, she called me but it was clear that she was walking the streets of NY. It was loud and she was not focused. She asked questions not relevant to the job and by the end of the screening she said she would follow up with the next steps, but I knew she wouldn’t. After she didn’t follow up with me again, I reached out and she never sent me a response. The 2nd recruiter I was supposed to meet with ghosted me too. I followed up after getting ghosted and the recruiter never responded when I suggested we reschedule.
Thankfully I received another job offer hours after the 2nd recruiter ghosted me. However, OKCupid was one of my top choice companies to work for. I now know that even if I’m a qualified candidate, OKCupid isn’t interested in recruiting diversity. All they want is a record that they attempted to consider diverse candidates.
My suggestion to diverse and underrepresented candidates is to not check the boxes when applying. Maybe you can get past the biased HR team and be able to convince the hiring manager that you are as equally qualified as any other candidate.
On the initial phone screener, the recruiter spoke for 80% of the time and barely left any room to learn about my career.
At the end of the call, the recruiter said he thinks I am an "ideal fit" and the next step would be for me to speak with the hiring manager. He then went out of his way to joke, "You'll definitely be hearing back; we won't ghost you."
If you've read the other reviews on Glassdoor, you can guess what happened next: I never heard back from him or anybody else at the company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard phone screener questions like "Can you walk me through your resume?" and "Why do you want to work here?"
I was definitely excited about the prospect of working with OkCupid! It was one of very few places I had applied, so hearing back from their HR that they would like to invite me for an interview was exciting!
The phone screen was good, though it did feel a bit like a sales pitch; but it was a positive experience overall. I was definitely on board for the technical stage of the interview, and was ready to set it up ASAP.
So I replied to the email with all the necessary details, and was told that it would be set up after the long weekend. No problem!
But then that whole week went by with no communication. So I reached out and was told that it would be set up "tomorrow."
But then the rest of that week went by with no communication.
I got ghosted by a dating app, which seems ironic 😅
In the end, I was offered and accepted another position. I informed OkCupid that I would be withdrawing my application, and was congratulated and told to check out their Glassdoor. Here I am!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard phone interview questions - what are your experiences with the languages in play; what projects have you worked on recently that you're proud of; etc.