Job Interview tomorrow....
:good: 😉
my secret decoder ring says:
blue blazer, gold buttons, get it now if you don't have one.
button down shirt, no tie
khakis
black shoes & belt
don't forget your calculator!
Dress comfortably. This has always been a problem for me because I am just a casual kind of dresser. Put me in a suit and I feel like a turd in a punch bowl. I am sure over my thirty-some work years this has cost me a couple job offers and I am sure it affected other areas of my life.
Be confident, and you will do fine no matter how you are dressed.
Metallica- Kill 'em all t-shirt..
Seriously, If you wore a suit I'd be impressed. I'd say at least a button down dress shirt and nice pair of pants.
Joe Codespoti
Vice-president
Dress up, not down. If you get the job, they will inform you of their dress code for employees.
If you are not comfortable wearing something, then don't wear it. It's better to look a bit offstyle and be comfortable with both yourself and your whereabouts, than to over do it in an effort to pretend you are something you are not.
Just like lawyers & cops, those HR folks see right though that. Your boss may not give a care, but the HR may detect a sense of ... shall we say "falsehoodedness".. (is that a word?)
good luck grasshopper..:-)
Thanks for all of the input. Really, I don't feel any less comfortable in the suit. I just didn't want them to perceive that I would refuse to get dirty surveying, or that I couldn't fit in a relaxed environment. But my fingers are crossed that it's something that will work out for both of us. If not, there will be plenty more opportunities to come along, and my main focus right now is finishing my degree.
Again, Thanks for the input everyone.
The answer to this is the same as the answer to any interview... you want your appearance to somewhat match the environment you are wanting to enter. If this was a law office or an accounting firm, then no question, you want to have a sharp suit on.
For an engineering or surveying company a suit would be overdressed, inappropriately so. And, HELL yes, there is such a thing.
I would suggest some sharp-looking dockers type of pants with a not-too-dressy dress shirt, and a sport coat. You could wear a tie, but I think you'd be a little better without it. If you did wear one, I would tone things down a little by making it a plain, not-elegant, flat color.
Stephen
i would wear a suit, but i look good in suits and i know the wife would be all over me after the interview...
Good advice.... I would say reading into your situation that you explained that dress slacks, button down shirt, tie if you are comfortable and have a good one that you can tie right, and optional sport coat.
NOW... the most important.. Leave your CELL PHONE/smartphone whatever in the TRUCK or at home. Do not even bring it across the entry threshold of your prospective employer.... As an hiring manager I cannot believe how many people bring those annoying things to interviews then they go off, beep, buzz, vibrate or whatever. Even while waiting for interview... bad bad thing.... I had one guy in the middle of an interview have his phone go off, he answered it, and talked to some jerk friend who wanted to borrow money for three minutes while four of us waited for him to finish his call so we could continue (as in promptly end) his interview... jeeeezzzzz
Good luck man.
