<p>i have an interview with a financial services firm tomorrow for an internship and was wondering what i'm supposed to wear to the interview? should i wear a suit? or would a shirt and tie be fine?</p>
<p>also, for working everyday, can i just show up with a shirt and tie or do they expect me to wear a suit everyday.</p>
<p>this might sound stupid, but i didn't wanna ask the interviewer tomorrow. thanks!</p>
<p>It depends on the firm. The firm I intern at, I would look ridiculous if I came in with a suit (I wore jeans, tshirts, shorts, flipflops etc). I did go into the interview wearing a polo and khakis though.</p>
<p>What company in what city?</p>
<p>Sport Coat shirt & tie, slacks............it is an interview. Your boss will tell you the proper dress.</p>
<p>For job interviews, you should always wear what you would wear if you were an employee there. Now, you may not know what that is, but you probably have a good idea.</p>
<p>and don't forget to bring your goat.</p>
<p>forgiven, administrative assistants/receptionists can be v. helpful in these matters. They're just as knowledgeable about their company's culture and standards as anyone else who works there. In fact, receptionists often take personal presentation v. seriously as they can be the "face" of a given company. So make nice, call to confirm your appointment, and then casually ask what the typical attire is. Then, err on the side of being more formal.</p>
<p>While there, if you have any questions you feel silly asking your interviewer, ask the admin asst/receptionist while you wait or before you leave. They're great resources.</p>
<p>"It depends on the firm. The firm I intern at, I would look ridiculous if I came in with a suit (I wore jeans, tshirts, shorts, flipflops etc). I did go into the interview wearing a polo and khakis though."</p>
<p>Agreed. I intern at a trading firm in NYC, the employees wear ANYTING. Even the partners of the firm wear jeans. I went to the interview with a stylish blazer and an oxford, it was quiet absurd.</p>
<p>Very funny stuff here: I have done 3 internships and not one would it have been appropriate to interview in anything less than a jacket, shirt, tie & dress slacks.</p>
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<p>I don't know how this stuff gets spread, but it's WWWAAAAYYYY OFFFFFF.... at a job interview, you always want to look REALLY sharp, and impressive because it's a first impression and WILL make or break your opportunity more than you may think. ALWAYS wear a suit for job interviews... and make sure it's well pressed, and clean with very shiny shoes and a good haircut that is styled well. Just trust me on this. It's a major factor, because there is often more than just yourself trying for the job, and most/if not all have the same qualifications... so the separator? YOUR LOOK.</p>
<p>no shame in asking your interviewer but as a general rule you should dress much more formal than regular employees.</p>
<p>"at a job interview, you always want to look REALLY sharp, and impressive because it's a first impression and WILL make or break your opportunity more than you may think. ALWAYS wear a suit for job interviews... and make sure it's well pressed, and clean with very shiny shoes and a good haircut that is styled well. Just trust me on this. It's a major factor, because there is often more than just yourself trying for the job, and most/if not all have the same qualifications... so the separator? YOUR LOOK."</p>
<p>So a prospective video-store employee should wear a suit? The person interviewing to work at a bank should wear a tux? </p>
<p>No. The video-store employee should wear khakis/jeans and a polo shirt, and the prospective bank employee should wear a suit. Duh, you should obviously wear your best suit. You want to look sharp, but in the proper context.</p>
<p>In fact, you're not saying anything different than I did.</p>
<p>^^ in fact, yes, you want to wear a suit to EVERY job interview, regardless of job... it says three things immediately:</p>
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<li>I have potential </li>
<li>I have confidence</li>
<li>I am serious about getting this job</li>
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<p>My friend told me that he got his HS job at Subway based SOLELY on the fact he wore a suit... the interviewer told him that because he wore a suit he was hired upon entering the door. How easy can it be?</p>
<p>And I know many people who did not wear suits to work at similar jobs, and were hired nonetheless. </p>
<p>I'm glad that the manager would be so shortsighted as to hire based on what someone wore to the interview (after all, someone who doesn't wear a suit could still possess those same qualities...and just believes that wearing a suit to a Subway interview is pretentious).</p>
<p>Sounds like the same urban myth of executives being hired on lunch/dinner interviews based on whether or not they put salt/pepper in their soup before or after tasting it.</p>
<p>Nodnard, the competition for good jobs is stiff. Companies are not shallow and petty. But if 10 candidates of equal potential interview for one availlable spot, you can be sure that a company will end up resorting to more superficial criteria to make the final cut, and that includes overall presentation.</p>
<p>Generally speaking, most companies expect candidates to be presentable, both when they interview and, if they land the job, once they start working. That generally means three things:</p>
<p>1) Clean cut: Weird and painful-to-look-at piercings (lips, under the lips and eyebrow piercings come to mind) and wild (out of control and messy) or loud hair (fluo pink/Barney purple/barf green/royal blue) are generally not favored. </p>
<p>2) Well groomed: That means freshly showered and shaved (in the case of men), well attended-to nails, no B.O. etc...</p>
<p>3) Appropriately clothed:
-For men, no jeans, no sandals, no shorts, no extra baggy pants,no T-shirts, and for heaven's sake, try to remember that your belt should go around your waist, not your lower hips!!!
-For ladies: no jeans, no flip flops (although nice sandals are perfectly acceptable, assuming you are properly groomed), no Daisy Dukes, no short skirts, no bareback tops, no tanktops, no thong underwear peeking over your pants and no revealing tops. </p>
<p>And please...PLEASE, avoid chewing gum! </p>
<p>Of course, there are variations. If one is interviewing at a very conservative, traditional company like JP Morgan or IBM, a suit is in order and there is very little margin for error when it comes to presentation. Other companies, especially in the IT and recreational services, have a much higher threshold and will tolerate more laid back aesthetics. But by an large, being clean cut, well groomed and well dressed are expected, even at the more laid back companies. At tyhe interview, you are expected to put your best foot forward. If your best is scruffy and unprofessional, companies will fear your worst.</p>
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<p>are you being serious? Come on... what does it take to make a subway sandwich? It's not like you have to hire rocket scientists. By the way, that friend of mine just graduated in Mechanical Engineering, so he wasn't brain dead either. The manager seemed to make a good choice!</p>
<p>wow, alexandre is still alive. </p>
<p>i went to an interview with houlihan lockey a long time ago(houlihan is an ibank btw) and i was the only intervieweee wearing a suit. their nalysts wear buttoned shirts and slacks. youre made fun of if you wear a suit there. interesting, huh?</p>
<p>So the interviewer made fun of you?</p>