<p>I'm considering two outfits:</p>
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<li> Black suit, white shirt, tie, nice black pants.</li>
<li> White shirt, no suit, tie, nice gray pants.</li>
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<p>Any advice or recommendations?</p>
<p>Some people think black is too funeral-ish. Should I consider a brown suit?</p>
<p>What did you wear when you got your job or internship?</p>
<p>Your first suit should be dark gray, because it will not seem out of place in any “suit” situation. (If you do not need to wear a suit on a frequent basis, you may have only a dark gray suit.)</p>
<p>Make sure your suit and dress shirt actually fit. I see a lot of university-age men wearing poorly fitting dress clothes to interviews. Dress clothes are typically cut for an older demographic, so university-age men with small waistlines can have a hard time finding properly fitting dress clothes. It gets even harder if your chest is more than 8" larger than your waist due to muscle buildup from sports and such (off the rack suit jackets and dress shirts may need considerable alteration in this case). (note: [suit</a> sizing](<a href=“delberts.com - This website is for sale! - delberts Resources and Information.”>Delberts.com))</p>
<p>That said, a lot of computer software companies in “Silicon Valley” are (very) casual dress workplaces. Wearing a (properly fitting) suit to an interview is still the safest thing, in case the company actually is a dressy type of company, even though it won’t matter in a lot of companies.</p>
<p>In terms of suit colors the most appropriate ones for an interview are navy and charcoal. I would not recommend brown, olive, or light grey which are more casual, or black which is more formal.</p>
<p>However, I get the feeling that engineers really don’t care. Given your two options I’d go with the black suit over no suit.</p>
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<p>We may not care BUT you have to first get TO us and usually the first people you will see are HR reps and maybe engineering hiring managers, so you want to get through those “screens” first.</p>