Proper Job Interview attire

[ZeeJustin]

If you wear a name tag, make sure that it does NOT say "Boogerface".

[Shajen]

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This thread is a bit silly. Assuming you don't show up in a bowtie or in your underwear, the decision shouldn't come down to your attire. If it does, the company isn't worth working for.

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Homer smart.

[arod15]

Unless noted otherwise always wear a suit.

[IndieMatty]

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This thread is a bit silly. Assuming you don't show up in a bowtie or in your underwear, the decision shouldn't come down to your attire. If it does, the company isn't worth working for.

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Homer smart.

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Not here. Professionalism and preparedness are a key factor in hiring and keeping a job. A lack of common sense, I.E. Not wearing a suit to a job interview, is not a desirable trait.

[dabluebery]

I worked for a guy a few years ago in the securities industry at a small office, he was a one man show. Guys from the securities industry in small offices are often business casual, so when I was on the phone setting up an interview, I said "I'll come down in a suit for the interview?" trying to gauge whether the guy would say "Nah, don't be silly. My father wore a suit, I wear jeans to work."

The guy flipped out. "You should make your own decision, and I am judging you based on that decision," he told me. So I wore a suit, and hated the guy. I should have known during that phone call not to even bother. I lasted about 9 weeks. My last few days we had an argument about how to staple some IRA paperwork.

You know, is it 'ok' to have the staple in the upper left hand corner VERTICALLY, or is horizontal the only acceptable way. My vote for "It doesn't matter," didn't hold much weight.

[poincaraux]

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Unless noted otherwise always wear a suit.

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This is why it's a good idea to call ahead and ask what's appropriate. I worked as a software engineer in the Bay Area right after I graduated from college. At the end of my phone interview, my (future) boss's boss asked me to come in for a real interview. I asked what to wear. She said "whatever you want." I said something like "I was born and raised in Kansas, so I'll probably show up in a suit and tie, then." She actually screamed "NO! NO SUIT! NO TIE!" [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]. She then said that I might want to wear pants instead of shorts, but certainly nothing more than khakis and a decent shirt. That was good, because I didn't actually own a suit at that point.

[IndieMatty]

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In many Bay Area SW companies, a SW engineer who even thought to come to the interview in a suit would very likely not be a good fit for the company. On the flip side, when guys show up in ratty jeans and t-shirt, they are starting w/ negative points from me.

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What about like a trendy suit with a pattened shirt or something, like a tight black cut, a more patterned shirt, like some sort of clash? Wouldn't that be the safe way to go?

[Shajen]

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This thread is a bit silly. Assuming you don't show up in a bowtie or in your underwear, the decision shouldn't come down to your attire. If it does, the company isn't worth working for.

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Homer smart.

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Not here. Professionalism and preparedness are a key factor in hiring and keeping a job. A lack of common sense, I.E. Not wearing a suit to a job interview, is not a desirable trait.

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No, what I mean is, if you show up wearing a suit and tie and they don't offer you the job because they all wear jeans, then I don't want to work there in the first place.

When interviewing, you cannot go wrong (in my field, anyway) wearing a suit and tie.

[2planka]

If you want to be treated like a king, you should dress like the King.

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If you want to be treated like a king, you should dress like the King.



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That is the first camel toe I have ever seen on on a man. Id def go with the above.