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Dress |
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I agree |
| Date Posted: |
06/16/2000 |
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Hasn't your girlfirend/wife/mother ever explained to you that Black and Navy Blue should never be mixed?
As far as suit colour goes, I personally feel that black is too formal for a business setting. Take a look down wall street one morning and you'll see a sea of navy blue and grey. No black. |
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I agree that black is the wrong color for an interview, but I once wore a black suit (and dangly earrings, ugh!) to an interview because I thought I didn't care whether I got the job (I had heard very bad things about the person with whom I would be working and so was thinking of it as a "practice" interview), and not only did I get the job, but it was a *great* one (for several years until his true colors came out).
I also respect the views of those who believe that they would not want to work for a firm that judged them on the merits of their dress, but my own views are:
First, no one will think less of you for dressing well to meet them -- it shows that you're serious about them and their company.
Second, to the extent that you're going into a service industry (i.e., one with a lot of client contact, like law or i-banking, for example), your future employers certainly will judge you in part by whether you know what to wear. Selling the company by selling yourself is part of your job, so if you can't find it in your heart to simply put on a tie for an interview, your interviewers will assume, I think rightly, that you wouldn't do it for a client meeting.
Finally, interviews are hard enough as it is. The last thing I want to do is worry that my "business casual" attire isn't up to snuff. My current position is with a "business casual" firm and I got it wearing power suits and conservative pearl stud earrings. You don't get marked down for dressing too well, and you might for not dressing well enough.
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