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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Lifestyle
Alaina Demopoulos

‘It felt like a job application’: the people weeding out first dates with questionnaires

Dating questionnaire illustration

One night this January, as Robert Stewart scrolled through old Hinge matches, he decided to revive a conversation he had begun months ago with a woman on the dating app. After picking up where they left off and exchanging a few pleasantries, Stewart asked if the woman wanted to get on a phone call. He hoped it would lead to an in-person date.

“We could do that,” the woman answered, but with one caveat. “You mind filling out a questionnaire for me first?”

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