Dressing for an interview!

[Sara516]

Re: Dressing for an interview!

@Sehrysh

A topic near and dear to my heart! The key is to look professional, polished and quite frankly capable!

Your clothing (the style, fit, cut) and grooming says a lot about a person during an interview. Have I not hired someone because of their attire? Um, let’s say all else being equal, the better groomed person got the job.

The clothes do not have be expensive, but clean and pressed is a must! Business professional is the norm in my industry for an interview. On a daily basis, we lean towards business casual (but never sloppy) to business professional. One of the rules of the industry is dress to the part of the next role you want to be in.

I know there are a lot of professions where work attire is much more relaxed and maybe wearing a suit would be overkill. But even then, you won’t get penalized for wearing a suit to an interview - you’ll come across as eager to please. You can ask at the interview what work attire is like and then you’ll know how to dress for the job.

You know, that’s what I always thought? but I was reading this article last night and some of the comments were really interesting…some said that if u wear a suit to an IT interview, your resume will get thrown away…Well…my husband is in the same field, and when he went for his first job interview after moving to the US, he got the job. So I still think wearing a suit is a good idea. I almost always wear suits to interviews, except my suit is so uncomfortable

Shoes were always a problem for me cz I don’t wear heels, BUT I finally found a really nice pair and they are so comfortable to wear!

I leant out my one and only interview-appropriate purse and I don’t know when i’ll get it back.