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Blind matching

Decide on fit before anyone sees a face.

Each side decides whether to meet before learning the other's name, gender, photo or age. That puts the decision where it belongs: direction, fit, expertise and what other people say.

Free to join. In your browser, on iPhone and on Android.

Example screen, simplified from the app.

How the reveal works

  1. You both get the card at the same moment

    The kind of match, occupation and experience, general area, verification badges, profile quality, vouch counts by relationship, and one fit label for each of five categories.

  2. You each make three private choices

    Your response (very interested, interested, worth meeting, not sure, or pass), what you're hoping for from the meetup, and up to 3 things to share from 5 the app suggests for this match.

  3. Nothing is revealed unless both say yes

    Then, at the same moment, you both see that the other said yes, what each is hoping for, the shares, names, and verified photos where people added one.

  4. A pass or a timeout reveals nothing

    Neither learns anything about the other's choices, and both get the next match.

Why it holds up

Shares are scrubbed

Everything you can share is written in neutral language, checked for names, pronouns, ages, schools and anything else that hints at who you are.

A commitment, said once

At signup, everyone agrees to one line: saying Meet is a commitment to meet, whatever their name, photo or gender.

Employers are held to it

An employer who accepts and then withdraws before meeting sees it in their follow-through, which every candidate card shows.

One at a time

In hiring and co-founder matching, both sides see one match at a time and must decide before the next. Nobody sits in limbo waiting on several.

Two business days

The decision clock runs Monday to Friday. Each side can ask for 2 more days once.

A backup decider

Employers can name a teammate who may decide if the hiring manager is away. Candidates never see who decided.

Questions

Why is the company name visible to candidates?

So you can decline a company before you say yes. The hiring manager's name stays hidden until both of you accept.

What if someone backs out after seeing a name?

That's exactly what blind matching is meant to stop, so it's tracked for employers: it lowers their follow-through and where their listings show. Candidates who back out after the reveal aren't penalized.

Does anyone see which response I picked?

Never. "Very interested" and "Worth meeting" both count as yes. The other side only learns that you said yes.

Be judged on how you work.

Free to join. Answer the basics in a few minutes and you can be matched right away. Everything else you add makes matching better.