They are similar. People who deny this are overly romantic and/or inexperienced. Fundamentally when you encounter a potential partner or employee/r you are trying to answer the question "will we work well together"

Then both sides are trying get to simultaneously evaluate the other person (aka "get to know them") while trying to make a good first impression (aka "just be your self" and "act confident")

There's nothing shady about this and there's nothing sad or inhumane or unromantic about this either. It's just human nature

"oh but there are so many companies where the employee/employer balance is totally skewed" I hear you say?

Sure Google will make you run some 6 month long gauntlet. Have you ever tried hitting on the hottest person in a bar when the ratio is already skewed against you?

What about if you are John Carmack or Peter Norvig? Do you think they had to invert a binary tree on a whiteboard?

Just as there is someone out there who will find you the perfect match for them (but they just haven't found you yet) so too is there the perfect company/team out there for you too.

The problem is discovery. Imo tinder was best in a lot of ways simply because by being the one most people used, you had the greatest diversity by virtue of pure numbers

So you could find that person who is a liberal but eats meat daily and knits while watching UFC