Interview Attire Question

[draggar]

I was once told,

Don't dress for the position you're applying for, dress for the position you want.

In other words, dess as if you were interviewing for where you'd like to be. If you're applying for a dishwasher but would like to move up into management, then dress as if you were applying for a manager's position and so on.

Always make yourself presentable no matter how casual the dress code is. As Jester mentioned, he could pass off very casual for a DJ position, but I'm sure he still had to be presentable, not unshaven (unless he has grown in facial hair), unclean and wearing ripped clothes.

[Gurndigarn]

Don't dress for the position you're applying for, dress for the position you want.

So I should show up in a spacesuit.

Hey, I may be middle aged now, but I can still dream!

[Jester]

My opinion is some combination of the following:

a denium pencil cut mid knee length skirt . . .
a pair of black slacks that must be worn with heels due to lenght . . .
a black pencil skirt

one or two blouses I might be able to work with . . .I have a few made of knit v-necked

Yes, that might be too dressy, but it is ALWAYS better to be overdressed for an interview than underdressed.

As Jester mentioned, he could pass off very casual for a DJ position, but I'm sure he still had to be presentable, not unshaven (unless he has grown in facial hair), unclean and wearing ripped clothes.

I have a goatee now, but at the time was cleanshaven, and yes, I did shave, I did make my hair look presentable, and while my clothes were casual, they were not ripped, stained, or otherwise unpresentable. Keep in mind, that was as a DJ at a rather lowrent strip club, not a very high rent place. For most DJ positions (including the one I worked at doing weddings for four years) I would dress far more professionally than I did for this particular job. It also is important to note that if I hadn't gotten that job, it would not have been a huge deal.

[Banrion]

May I offer a slightly differing opinion here, just because I used to work for a company that did these meet and greets. I recommend definately wearing pants, and flat shoes, when we did these at my company, there was ALWAYS some sort of "team-building" exercise that we would do at the very begining. This is why we told people to dress casually and comfortably for these sessions. People who showed up in skirts and heels, or full on 3-piece suits were always trying harder to not wrinkle their clothes than actually participating. The whole purpose of the exercise though was to weed out the people who say they are friendly and outgoing, from those who actually are friendly and outgoing.

My opinion is, if the company told you casual, I would try for something along the lines of khakis or dockers and a polo.