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  • Interview dress code
  • nicko74
    Full Member

    I have a job interview next week and can’t decide on appropriate attire. I currently work in media, so jeans and shirt are the order of the day; when I have to smarten it up (client presentations, industry conferences etc) I’ll go to jacket and jeans.

    I’m interviewing at a PR firm, and it’s a long ol’ journey to get there (c5hrs), so I’m leaning towards jacket and jeans, just to avoid wearing a sweaty crumpled suit. But the OH is saying that’s unacceptable.

    What’s the consensus?

    toby1
    Full Member

    If in doubt surely better to be over presented than under?

    chambord
    Free Member

    Definitely suit. Hang your jacket up.

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    scotroutes
    Full Member

    Jacket and jeans

    * shudders *

    z1ppy
    Full Member

    Suit, doesn’t matter what you wear during work hours IMO.

    Had an interview, where the agency specifically told the interviewee’s (group call) that a suit ‘had’ to be worn.. I was a confused that it had to be said.

    PS though you don’t have to wear it on the way there if your driving… though don’t do what my brother did & take the jacket/shirt and forget the trousers.. though he did get the job, even with ripped dirty jeans.

    chambord
    Free Member

    Jacket and jeans

    Double denim?

    legend
    Free Member

    Double denim ftw

    Lolz, sniped by 24 seconds!

    rickmeister
    Full Member

    Suit. Once you get through the door you will know what to dress down to.

    Can you go in mufti and change just before the interview to save the crumpled sweaty suit scenario ?

    scaredypants
    Full Member

    Double denim ?
    For losers !

    midlifecrashes
    Full Member

    Suit. Travel in whatever’s comfy, have a McCoffee, McShit and McChange near the venue.

    I currently work in media…it’s a long ol’ journey to get there (c5hrs)

    Salford? You got time to grow an Artisan beard?

    pondo
    Full Member

    Suit. Once you get through the door you will know what to dress down to.

    That. I start a new job a week on Monday, wore a suit for the interviews and everyone I saw was smart casual, but I’m still going to wear a suit on day one, until I know the lay of the land.

    spacemonkey
    Full Member

    <swoon>

    “I have Nicko74 in reception for you, sir. I’ll send him right up.”

    </swoon>

    eckinspain
    Free Member

    most blokes in media look like tramps 😉 but definitely a suit for the interview.
    Once you get the job you can check out the identikit jeans and white shirt uniform that everyone wears.

    BigButSlimmerBloke
    Free Member

    Jacket and jeans

    Planning a short interview then?

    nicko74
    Full Member

    hahaaa! Nice, thanks everyone.

    Point taken, I’ll dig out the suit and see if I can still get the zip up the trousers.

    And for the jacket and jeans haters, I used to be adamant that I would *never* wear any combination thereof. Unfortunately in internet-based stuff, you get weird looks turning up in a suit to meetings, so I had to just accept it. The self-loathing only occasionally surfaces though, so that’s good

    legend
    Free Member

    Nice try, this entire forum is made up of IT bods.

    BillMC
    Full Member

    Suit, cotton shirt, silk tie plus a serious pair of English shoes. Rubber shoes on a suit make you look like a pox doctor’s clerk.

    buck53
    Full Member

    I’ve been told that it’s best to turn up to an interview ‘one step up’ from what ever the office dress code is.

    You could always try what I’ve just been told is called ‘business casual’, essentially a suit with shirt but no tie, apparently the Americans are big on this.

    66deg
    Free Member

    matt_outandabout
    Full Member

    You are Mr Jobs, and I claim my £5. 😉

    obadiah
    Free Member

    If your dig out doesn’t “suit you Sir” you could try below – all the best whatever you choose to wear!
    http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/ot-anyone-interested-in-a-suit-or-two

    mikertroid
    Free Member

    Better to be too smart than not smart enough.

    Top hat and tails.

    billytinkle
    Free Member

    Always a smart suit for an interview. White or light blue shirt too. Also pick tie colour carefully. I’d go for royal blue or purple – as they are generally perceived as giving the impression of loyalty and trust. Avoid power colours like red and orange.

    thestabiliser
    Free Member

    Avoid power colours like red and orange.

    Also, your moonstone this month is topaz and you are likely to have an encounter that leads to a thing.

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