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| From | Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: [OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews |
| Date | 2013-12-03 21:03 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <l7lguj$c44$3@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <l7iiri$uan$1@dont-email.me> <Uomdna9BErOWBwDPnZ2dnUVZ7o-dnZ2d@bt.com> |
On Tue, 03 Dec 2013 08:44:51 +0000, 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. > It depends who is doing the initial interview. If the first cut interviews are done by HR or city types, i.e. bankers or front office bods, then they *will* think what you wear is more important than what you know. After all, you can't impress clients if the office is full of scruffy oiks, can you? That's just not on, old boy! -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |
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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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