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Re: [OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews

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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.

If my sartorial abilities were more important than my technical 
abilities then I wouldn't want to work for them anyway ...

But I have to agree with Arne (is this a first?). Go safe if you want to 
avoid pissing off the old duffers.



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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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