Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Martin Gregorie Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: [OT] Appropriate dress for IT interviews Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 21:03:15 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 21:03:15 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="e5160e2be48f1ea550cf61512446f525"; logging-data="12420"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/XUBIf5BnAWkMQ8zNR2JFxeyBZIMqa6hA=" User-Agent: Pan/0.139 (Sexual Chocolate; GIT bf56508 git://git.gnome.org/pan2) Cancel-Lock: sha1:T1EtLf0W2sOdeTN+3oj0+1ap5TI= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:26716 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 |