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There's IT and there's IT. I work for one of the big consultancies, and if you turned up for interview wearing anything other than a suit and tie, it'd be noted, irrespective of role.
Day to day it's the famed business casual, but you adapt for the client's environment.
I note junior has been told business casual, but if that was the answer to 'What's the office dress code?", then it's the wrong answer for interview. A suit with no tie isn't going to do any harm.
Where I work the dress code is business casual - defined as shirt with collar (polo or normal), smart trousers (suit or chino type), shoes (not trainers or sandals). No jeans or tops with logos (unless company branded ones bought from the company store - I can only assume this is a thing in the US as you'd be a brave person to spend money on company branded polo shirts in the office I work in :p ).
For an interview I'd go suit & tie unless it was an obvious well-known casual dress place and it had been made clear to dress casually (different from business casual).
So what did he wear in the end, and how did it go??
Oh, and where was it? We (Skyscanner) had the first of our graduate/intern selection days today, though I would be surprised if anyone in our office ever used the term "business casual".
aye a student is really gonna fork out £265 on a jacket blazer
Every parent should buy their kid one decent suit. That is an investment in their future.
How did it go?
[quote=fourbanger ]aye a student is really gonna fork out £265 on a jacket blazer
Every parent should buy their kid one decent suit. That is an investment in their future.
How did it go?
Quote from No1 son when asked the same question "Aye it was good", also said he was the 4th most formal dressed out of the dozen or so there. Wont know until next week.
Fingers crossed.
also said he was the 4th most formal dressed out of the dozen or so there
Can never be a bad thing...
Good luck to him, getting the first 'experience' is a tough one
Every parent should buy their kid one decent suit. That is an investment in their future.
In Scotland, I'd say every parent should buy their kid a kilt instead. Not much good for job interviews but gets way more use for everything else where it is the formal wear of choice for many. I'm about to sell the only suit I own, been worn twice in the 12 years I've owned it, ironically those 2 times were interviews for jobs I didn't get. Despite working a decade in various office based jobs, never needed one for business. Obviously some industries still might, but I don't think there's the necessity for one as there once was.
There's a market for used suits? Don't wear mine much but need one sometimes.
There's a market for used suits? Don't wear mine much but need one sometimes.
Charity shops sell them, loads of people expand out of their suits and give them away...