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| cmen15 United States. March 13 2012 15:46. Posts 1460 | Profile Blog # |
| What kind of startup is it? I feel like it kinda matters for what to wear. |
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| unsmart United States. March 13 2012 15:47. Posts 322 | Profile # |
| Wear a suit. I don't care if they are a casual dress workplace, if they don't tell you otherwise wear a suit. With a tie and polished shoes. |
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| JonnyLaw United States. March 13 2012 15:53. Posts 1677 | Profile Blog # |
On March 13 2012 15:47 unsmart wrote:
Wear a suit. I don't care if they are a casual dress workplace, if they don't tell you otherwise wear a suit. With a tie and polished shoes.
This isn't always true.
I'd say dress slightly more formal than how they dress for work.
Always err on the side of formality, yes. But do not overdo it. For example you wouldn't show up to a roofing interview in a suit. But you may show up in a polo and jeans or khakis when the common work attire is jeans and an old t shirt. |
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| jmbthirteen United States. March 13 2012 15:53. Posts 9610 | Profile Blog # |
| I agree with unsmart. Suit is always a good choice. A lot depends on the start up though. At minimum I would say slacks, dress shirt and tie though. No way should you ever wear jeans and a t-shirt to an interview. |
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| Athos United States. March 13 2012 15:55. Posts 2459 | Profile Blog # |
| So I've never actually visited this company before but based on their webpage http://www.skycore.com/how-we-work.php they seem to dress semi-formally. I don't actually have any pants on me at college that aren't suit pants or jeans right now, so I think I might overdress and wear the suit. |
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| JonnyLaw United States. March 13 2012 15:56. Posts 1677 | Profile Blog # |
On March 13 2012 15:55 Athos wrote:So I've never actually visited this company before but based on their webpage http://www.skycore.com/how-we-work.php they seem to dress semi-formally. I don't actually have any pants on me at college that aren't suit pants or jeans right now, so I think I might overdress and wear the suit.
Yeah, that's the right choice. |
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| unsmart United States. March 13 2012 15:57. Posts 322 | Profile # |
Put it this way. The penalty for overdressing is very small. The penalty for underdressing is huge. Be safe, wear the suit.
My background is accounting so I may be influenced by that. |
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| RogerX New Zealand. March 13 2012 16:28. Posts 2488 | Profile Blog # |
I say wear a crab suit.
Nice clean semi-formal top and pants tucked with leather shoes are always nice |
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| cmen15 United States. March 13 2012 16:38. Posts 1460 | Profile Blog # |
| WEAR THE SUIT FOR SURE BRO!!! |
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| worked13 Australia. March 13 2012 17:09. Posts 93 | Profile # |
| I'd wear a shirt, dress pants and some nice shoes. The blazer is overkill, imo. Tie optional. |
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| Azzur Australia. March 13 2012 17:32. Posts 5840 | Profile Blog # |
Dress shirt (long sleeve), dress pants and good shoes. Tie is ok depending on the company you are going to. If you're unsure, wear it. Suit jacket is ok as well but optional.
Err on the side of overdressing. |
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| mensrea Canada. March 13 2012 17:37. Posts 5062 | Profile # |
Ask. Sometimes the receptionist might even be able to tell you since they will have seen other candidates walk through the door before and have a sense of how the place works.
If for some reason asking is not an option, dress in a suit/tie. It's always safer to be overdressed. You can have a bit of fun with it at the interview at your expense if you find you've dressed too formally.
No one will be having any fun if you've dressed too casually.
Good luck with the interview. |
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| slam United States. March 13 2012 18:37. Posts 877 | Profile # |
White dress shirt, black tie, slacks, belt, something slightly more formal than sneakers.
You can't go wrong with that. It's business, it's not trying to hard. it's solid interview attire. |
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| lungic Sweden. March 13 2012 19:14. Posts 43 | Profile # |
Ask Dimaga/Carmack (which is which) if you can have his "Suits suck" t-shirt. Which he, mysteriously didn't wear at the I.E.M. price ceremony.
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| Littlemuff United Kingdom. March 13 2012 20:31. Posts 287 | Profile # |
General rule of thumb is you dress how the employees dress. But if your still unsure just ring up reception and ask whoevers at the desk. They should definatly know.
@Lungic that "suits suck" t shirt was absolutly aweful! |
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| kanada Canada. March 13 2012 23:03. Posts 228 | Profile # |
On March 13 2012 17:37 mensrea wrote:
Ask. Sometimes the receptionist might even be able to tell you since they will have seen other candidates walk through the door before and have a sense of how the place works.
If for some reason asking is not an option, dress in a suit/tie. It's always safer to be overdressed. You can have a bit of fun with it at the interview at your expense if you find you've dressed too formally.
No one will be having any fun if you've dressed too casually.
Good luck with the interview.
This seems to be what I would do. I know at my current job I wear a teeshirt and hoodie with jeans. Very casual but on first day I wore dress shirt and jeans, this is because in the interview I asked how they dress and then dressed a bit above that.
Dress shirt and dress pants is pretty good. But i agree suit may be over kill. |
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| LaSt)ChAnCe United States. March 13 2012 23:27. Posts 2099 | Profile Blog # |
dress one level above what people would generally wear - if they dress business casual, you dress business professional
if they wear khakis and a button up, you wear a suit
if they wear bluejeans, you wear khakis and a polo/button up |
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| IBringUFire Germany. March 13 2012 23:31. Posts 93 | Profile Blog # |
I have a question concerning that.
Nobody has suggested wearing a monocoloured t-shirt, blazer, jeans, nice shoes. That is a quite common "legere-semi-formal" dress in Germany.
Is that uncommon in the US? |
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| Zocat Germany. March 14 2012 02:18. Posts 1774 | Profile # |
Suit. Tie or bow-tie.
Jacket unbuttoned. |
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