Re: Question about dressing for job interviews

[Janice Gelb <janiceg -at- marvin -dot- eng -dot- sun -dot- com>]

In article 2090609 -at- LTS -dot- com, Etymes -at- LTS -dot- com (Elna Tymes) writes:
>| <Emsahlstein -at- cs -dot- com> wrote...
> 
>|>I'm just getting started looking for a job and I'm wondering what people's 
>|>opinions are on the following question: Do you have to wear a suit? 
>
>According to a large ad in this morning's San Jose Mercury News for a 
>job fair, "no jeans" is specified.  Note that it didn't say "wear a suit."
>
>When I talk to clients representing my firm, I don't usually wear a suit 
>unless (1) I'm in San Francisco, and (2) I'm dealing with a 
>non-technical firm, such as a financial institution or some large legal 
>firm or the occasional aberrant technical firm like Siebel, where slacks 
>and white shirts are considered desk wear.  
>

A friend of mine used to work for conservative accounting 
company Arthur Andersen in the Boston area. When he applied 
for a job at Sun, he naturally wore a suit to the interview. 
Everyone who interviewed him was wearing very casual attire, 
mainly T-shirts, jeans, and Birkenstocks. He was a little 
bemused by this, but it didn't really affect him until his 
final meeting of the day with the HR person. He said he 
could barely keep from laughing when she explained that 
Fridays were dress-down days. He was trying to figure out 
how anything could get *more* casual than what he'd already 
seen, and could only figure that people must wear bathing 
suits or pajamas to work :->

My other favorite interview story was someone who came 
to interview at my previous company on Halloween. No 
one had remembered that they had a candidate coming in 
so, as was the custom at that company, most people had 
worn costumes to work. My friend came in her navy 
business suit and had to keep a straight face as she 
was interviewed by clowns, vampires, etc.

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