Built by OpenKit's founders
Ibrahim & Reuben
Reimagining job hunting for the FMCG sector
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Job seekers encounter significant friction within traditional recruitment systems. Chapta addresses this through three core mechanisms: AI conversations that capture your complete professional narrative, transparent matching that explains alignment across multiple dimensions, and a mutual interest requirement that ensures both parties engage by choice. Together, these elements establish job hunting as a fundamentally human process built on genuine connection and mutual respect.
AI Conversation
Replaces traditional CV form-filling
Explainable Matching
Know exactly why jobs match
Ghosting
Mutual interest required from both parties
What Is Chapta?
Chapta is a job-dating platform currently focused on FMCG sector roles, designed around the principle that candidates are complete professionals with authentic narratives. Rather than relying on static resume uploads evaluated by algorithmic systems, Chapta employs a 15-minute conversational interview with an AI career coach. This approach captures the full context of your professional experience, including your values, motivations, working style preferences, and career aspirations.
The platform then matches you to relevant opportunities across six distinct dimensions and provides transparent explanations for each match. When you identify a role of interest, you express your intent. Employers conduct the same evaluation process. Contact information is only shared when both parties have explicitly indicated genuine interest. This mutual interest requirement fundamentally reimagines hiring as a process based on authentic professional connection and transparency.
The Challenge: Limitations of Traditional Job Hunting
Traditional job boards commodify candidates by reducing professional identities to keyword profiles. Algorithms evaluate applications with limited context about individual potential, work style, or cultural fit. Candidates frequently invest significant time in tailoring applications and crafting cover letters, only to receive no acknowledgement of submission or feedback on their candidacy.
This process treats each candidate as interchangeable. Critical factors such as personal values, working style preferences, and career aspirations remain invisible to employers. The system optimises for volume rather than meaningful professional connection, leaving candidates frustrated by lack of transparency and mutual respect.
The Critical Issues Candidates Face
CVs Don't Tell Your Story
Algorithms scan keywords whilst your values, aspirations, and working style remain invisible.
Candidates Get Ghosted
Apply and hear nothing. No feedback, no transparency, no respect for your time.
Black Box Job Matching
Jobs appear without explanation. You're left guessing why the system matched you.
Mass Applications Go Nowhere
Spray and pray becomes your strategy because personal attention has disappeared from hiring.
Our Solution: Job Hunting Reimagined
Chapta operates on a foundational principle that candidates are complete professionals with authentic narratives. The platform captures the full context of your professional journey - your values, aspirations, working style, and career goals - creating a comprehensive profile that extends far beyond traditional keyword-based assessment. Every aspect of the platform serves this principle of treating candidates as individuals deserving of mutual respect and genuine professional connection.
How We Solved It
15-Minute AI Conversation Captures Your Full Story
Natural dialogue replaces CV form-filling. Share your background, values, aspirations, and working style in one flowing conversation.
Explainable Matching With 'Why You Match'
Every job shows why you matched across six dimensions. See which factors align and which don't, with clear reasoning.
Mutual Interest System Eliminates Ghosting
Both you and employers must express interest before contact. You know where you stand at every stage.
What Chapta Does for You
The Chapta candidate experience transforms every stage of job hunting - from conversational profile creation through intelligent job discovery to mutual interest confirmation.
Tell Your Story Once
15-minute conversational onboarding captures everything employers need to know.
Understand Every Match
Personalised 'why you match' explanations with visual indicators show alignment clearly.
Never Get Ghosted
Real-time status tracking and notifications keep you informed at every stage.
Quick Decisions
Swipe right to save, swipe left to reject. Dating app mechanics for job hunting.
Show Your Full Self
Optional behavioural and motivation assessments add depth beyond skills and experience.
Control Your Search
Set search frequency, filter criteria, and notification preferences on your terms.
Conversational Onboarding: 15 Minutes to Your Complete Profile
Forget uploading CVs and filling out endless forms. Chapta starts with a conversation. An AI career coach asks you about your background, goals, and preferences whilst you answer naturally. The system captures everything needed for intelligent matching whilst you simply tell your story.
What Gets Captured
The conversation covers 12 structured sections:
Your Background
- Education & qualifications
- Employment history & gaps
- Key achievements & wins
- Skills & confidence levels
Your Preferences & Future
- Industries & job titles
- Location & remote preferences
- Salary expectations & benefits
- Career goals & aspirations
Your Working Style
- Management preferences
- Collaboration style
- Working hours preference
- Values & culture fit
Your Circumstances
- Availability & notice period
- Visa status & languages
- Personal factors affecting search
- Growth opportunities sought
Job Discovery: Smart Matches With Explanations
Once your profile exists, Chapta connects you to relevant jobs using intelligent filters. Every match includes a personalised explanation showing why you're a good fit - based on factors like your experience level, salary expectations, preferred location, industry background, and desired work arrangement.
Rather than showing you every job and hoping something sticks, Chapta filters opportunities to surface only roles that genuinely match what you're looking for. Each match is tailored to your unique circumstances and career preferences.
Job Interaction: Simple, Intuitive, Human
Make quick decisions with familiar gestures. Chapta borrows the best parts of dating apps - swipe right to save, swipe left to reject, tap to view details.
Swipe Right
Save job to review later. Your personal shortlist grows as you discover opportunities.
Swipe Left
Decline job. Optional feedback helps refine future matches.
Tap Card
View full job details with responsibilities, requirements, and benefits.
Express Interest
Send application to employer. They'll see your profile and decide if they're interested too.
Mutual Interest: No More Ghosting
Chapta's mutual interest system ensures both parties want to connect before sharing contact information. Every application you receive comes from an employer who genuinely wants to meet you. Every interested employer gets to see if you're excited about their role.
The Process
You Express Interest
Find a job you love and express interest in one tap.
Employer Reviews Your Story
They see your full profile, work experience, and assessments - not just a CV.
They Express Interest (or Don't)
You're notified either way. If they're interested, you know they genuinely want to talk.
Mutual Interest Achieved
Email addresses are shared. You can discuss the opportunity directly.
Status Tracking & Notifications
You always know where you stand. Push notifications alert you to new matches, employer interest, and mutual matches. A notification centre shows your 30-day history with read/unread tracking.
Status States
- Pending - Initial algorithmic match created
- You're Interested - You've expressed interest, waiting for employer response
- They're Interested - Employer expressed interest, waiting for your response
- Mutual Interest - Both parties want to connect. Contact enabled.
- Rejected - Either party declined. You know where things stand.
Your Profile & Assessments
Your conversational onboarding creates a structured profile across five categories, each showing completion percentage so you know where to add more detail.
Work Experience
Years, roles, responsibilities, achievements, management experience
Qualifications
Education level, field, institutions, training, certifications
Search Preferences
Location, industries, job titles, salary, benefits, management style
Employer Preferences
Company size, culture, values, work environment characteristics
All About You
Visa, languages, working style, decision-making, learning style, feedback preferences, career aspirations
Optional Assessments
Add depth to your profile with optional behavioural and motivation assessments. These help employers understand your working style and what drives you professionally, enabling better culture fit decisions.
Why This Matters
Chapta proves that job hunting can be human-first whilst being efficient. You're not a CV with keywords - you're a person with a story, values, aspirations, and circumstances. The platform treats you as such.
Candidate Agency
You control your narrative through conversational onboarding. You control your search frequency and filters. You control which jobs you engage with. You always know your status. This agency transforms job searching from a disempowering experience into an empowering one.
Transparency
Every match includes "why you match" explanations. The algorithm's reasoning is visible, not hidden. This transparency builds trust and enables informed decisions.
No Ghosting
Mutual interest ensures both parties want to connect before contact. You can't be ghosted because employers must actively express interest. If they don't, you know where you stand.
Ready for Job Dating?
Join the waiting list for Chapta - currently focused on FMCG sector roles. Complete your 15-minute conversational onboarding and start receiving personalised job matches. No subscription fees for candidates - completely free.
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