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| Date | 2013-12-04 15:49 +0000 |
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| From | lipska the kat <"lipskathekat at yahoo dot co dot uk"> |
| Organization | Trollbusters 3 |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: [OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews |
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On 04/12/13 02:32, Arne Vajhoej wrote: > On 12/3/2013 3:44 AM, lipska the kat wrote: >> On 02/12/13 18:17, Arnold wrote: >>> I'm an old guy and haven't been on a job interview in a while. Is it >>> still normal practice to wear suits to interviews in the IT field or is >>> business casual very common now? >>> >>> I don't want to get off on the wrong foot and disqualify myself by >>> making the wrong choice of clothing. >> >> I never got this whole "what you wear is more important than what you >> do" thing at job interviews. > > In most jobs the attitude towards the job is as important as the > technical skills. > > The suit send out a signal that one consider a job interview a > serious/important thing. > > Ignoring the dress code send out a signal that one do not really care > about the job. God luck to the OP Let us know how you get on -- Lipska the Kat©: Troll hunter, sandbox destroyer, treacherous feline and farscape dreamer of Aeryn Sun GNU/Linux user #560883 - http://www.linuxcounter.net
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[OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews Arnold <arnie@example.com> - 2013-12-02 13:17 -0500
Re: [OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-12-02 21:11 +0100
Re: [OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews Arne Vajhoej <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-12-02 22:29 -0500
Re: [OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews lipska the kat <"lipskathekat at yahoo dot co dot uk"> - 2013-12-03 08:44 +0000
Re: [OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2013-12-03 09:09 +0000
Re: [OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2013-12-03 21:03 +0000
Re: [OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews Arne Vajhoej <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-12-03 21:32 -0500
Re: [OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews lipska the kat <"lipskathekat at yahoo dot co dot uk"> - 2013-12-04 15:49 +0000
Re: [OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2013-12-03 20:29 +1100
Re: [OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2013-12-03 08:02 -0800
Re: [OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews Rhino <no_offline_contact_please@example.com> - 2013-12-03 17:39 -0500
Re: [OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2013-12-03 23:11 +0000
Re: [OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews Rhino <no_offline_contact_please@example.com> - 2013-12-04 12:41 -0500
Re: [OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2013-12-03 23:06 +0000
Re: [OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2013-12-03 21:56 -0800
Re: [OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews Arne Vajhoej <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-12-06 09:44 -0500
Re: [OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-12-04 08:17 -0500
Re: [OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews Arne Vajhoej <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-12-06 09:54 -0500
Re: [OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-12-06 09:58 -0500
Re: [OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2013-12-08 21:37 +0100
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