interview Q... ***pic of final effort***

[rudeguy]

so apparently my cover letter worked. Now I have to do the interview process which I hate. I don't like talking about myself.

Anyways my specific question is, does the coat I wear really matter? Meaning is my usual coat ok or should I pop for a blazer/overcoat/both?

This is for a large company, so I want to do everything right that I can.



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So here's what I came up with. Please let me know what you think.

 

[gophins72]

i always wear a suit. a blazer would probably work too. whatever you choose, just go with something that removes this as something you are thinking about. you want to sell your abilities and skill, not spend time thinking about stuff like this during and after the interview. good luck!

 

[Lifted]

If you have to wear an overcoat, there will likely be a receptionist there to take it from you. I think you'd look silly if it were cold and you showed up with no coat on.

Edit: Wait, you want to wear a blazer OR an overcoat? Are you not planning on wearing a suit to an interview?

 

[Cogman]

I personally always go for the suit and tie. It is always better to be over dressed as opposed to under dressed.

 

[Goosemaster]

Contrary to popular belief, wearing a Steelers jacket is not a good idea.

Wear a formal solid-color, weather appropriate, coat.

As for what you are wearing after you take off the coat, have on a nice dress shirt, a tie, and a blazer.

 

[alkemyst]

suit is what you wear to an interview, trousers and a blazer is for the country club.

 

[thepd7]

suit and tie, doesn't matter what you wear over that. You'll leave it with a receptionist or at least take it off before the interview.

 

[Rumpltzer]

Why not give us a clue about what type of position you're interviewing for.

Foklift operator? Fleshlight testing? Mercenary?

 

[Rumpltzer]

Also, if you don't like talking about yourself at an interview, try talking about others.

I had a classmate who interviewed at Sandia. He brought up how he found his live-in gf in bed with some dude on Christmas day and he showed the pics of his cats that he carries around in his wallet.

It went really well. Really.

 

[Hacp]

so apparently my cover letter worked. Now I have to do the interview process which I hate. I don't like talking about myself.

Anyways my specific question is, does the coat I wear really matter? Meaning is my usual coat ok or should I pop for a blazer/overcoat/both?

This is for a large company, so I want to do everything right that I can.

Post your cover letter? I want to take some elements from it to further advance my job search. Thanks.

 

[rudeguy]

Why not give us a clue about what type of position you're interviewing for.

Foklift operator? Fleshlight testing? Mercenary?

Sales/account rep/man whore

 

[sigmanova]

I personally always go for the suit and tie. It is always better to be over dressed as opposed to under dressed.

this. safe bet is always a suit, white shirt and tie (no looney tunes or tacky christmas ties), slacks, BLACK socks, and clean dress shoes.

good luck and do your best not to be nervous! sell yourself and your skills and you'll walk away knowing you did your best

 

[Lifted]

Sales/account rep

Seriously? If you can't figure out how to dress and sell yourself then you shouldn't be in that line of work.

 

[nanette1985]

Also, if you don't like talking about yourself at an interview, try talking about others.

I had a classmate who interviewed at Sandia. He brought up how he found his live-in gf in bed with some dude on Christmas day and he showed the pics of his cats that he carries around in his wallet.

It went really well. Really.

I LOL'd

 

[rudeguy]

Seriously? If you can't figure out how to dress and sell yourself then you shouldn't be in that line of work.

Thank you for your informative and thoughtful input.

Lets take your statement and see what we can figure out about Lifted. You chose to equate dressing one's self with their ability to do a job. What could cause that? Is it that you can't afford the clothes that you think you should be able to and in turn are self conscious about what you wear? Do you have a weight problem that makes you feel like clothes are more important than your skills and abilities? Probably not. I'm thinking you probably spent entirely too much on an education that has left you feeling like you are under-employed. Seeing others succeed makes you wonder what you did wrong. The only way to get compensate for those feelings was for you to buy a house that in all honesty is above your means and a car that is overpriced and not practical. If I was pitching a product to you, I would have to focus on price and not features. Someone in your position simply can't afford to spend the extra bit on quality. However you do love free things, so if I were to include something of quality for "free", you would love it as long as I focused on price.

Or something like that.

 

[thepd7]

Sales/account rep/man whore

Thank you for your informative and thoughtful input.

Lets take your statement and see what we can figure out about Lifted. You chose to equate dressing one's self with their ability to do a job. What could cause that? Is it that you can't afford the clothes that you think you should be able to and in turn are self conscious about what you wear? Do you have a weight problem that makes you feel like clothes are more important than your skills and abilities? Probably not. I'm thinking you probably spent entirely too much on an education that has left you feeling like you are under-employed. Seeing others succeed makes you wonder what you did wrong. The only way to get compensate for those feelings was for you to buy a house that in all honesty is above your means and a car that is overpriced and not practical. If I was pitching a product to you, I would have to focus on price and not features. Someone in your position simply can't afford to spend the extra bit on quality. However you do love free things, so if I were to include something of quality for "free", you would love it as long as I focused on price.

Or something like that.

You're a dumbass, lifted is correct. I do technical sales for an engineering company, appearance is huge in sales.

Let me guess: you're going to go door to door for AT&T or Verizon?

 

[Lifted]

Thank you for your informative and thoughtful input.

Lets take your statement and see what we can figure out about Lifted. You chose to equate dressing one's self with their ability to do a job. What could cause that? Is it that you can't afford the clothes that you think you should be able to and in turn are self conscious about what you wear? Do you have a weight problem that makes you feel like clothes are more important than your skills and abilities? Probably not. I'm thinking you probably spent entirely too much on an education that has left you feeling like you are under-employed. Seeing others succeed makes you wonder what you did wrong. The only way to get compensate for those feelings was for you to buy a house that in all honesty is above your means and a car that is overpriced and not practical. If I was pitching a product to you, I would have to focus on price and not features. Someone in your position simply can't afford to spend the extra bit on quality. However you do love free things, so if I were to include something of quality for "free", you would love it as long as I focused on price.

Or something like that.

You're hired!

Oh, and stick to sales, you suck at the whole psychic thing.

 

[Lifted]

FYI, I was being serious, but perhaps you're doing low level or retail sales? You weren't specific enough, which is a problem since you've started this post looking for advice and you seem to be playing 20 questions with us.

Every sales person and account rep I meet in my line of work looks like they stepped out of a Brooks Brothers catalog.

 

[RichUK]

McDonalds is a large company.

 

[rudeguy]

You're a dumbass, lifted is correct. I do technical sales for an engineering company, appearance is huge in sales.

Let me guess: you're going to go door to door for AT&T or Verizon?

lol no

This is far from d2d. Its a call center like I am at now, just for a much better company. The problem is that I've never had a job that required a suit. Shirt and tie, sure but never a suit. I've also never interviewed in the winter, so I've never ran into this problem.

 

[Lifted]

lol no

This is far from d2d. Its a call center like I am at now, just for a much better company. The problem is that I've never had a job that required a suit. Shirt and tie, sure but never a suit. I've also never interviewed in the winter, so I've never ran into this problem.

You don't think that would have been relevant in the OP?

 

[rudeguy]

FYI, I was being serious, but perhaps you're doing low level or retail sales? You weren't specific enough, which is a problem since you've started this post looking for advice and you seem to be playing 20 questions with us.

Every sales person and account rep I meet in my line of work looks like they stepped out of a Brooks Brothers catalog.

its call center work, so no face to face. My current company (large call center) has basically no dress code. I interviewed in a shirt, tie, dress pants and dress shoes and I was overdressed. I'm not worried about being overdressed...just don't know how to address the winter part of the problem.

And you really took the wind out of my sales. Being a psychic was my fall back plan. Next thing you're going to tell me that porn star is out of the question too??!??!?!?!!

 

[rudeguy]

You don't think that would have been relevant in the OP?

I'll take this time to admit that I posted the OP from Kohls I thought it was a simple question

 

[Leros]

I actually prefer to underdress for interviews. I seem to have more success that way.

 

[rudeguy]

I actually prefer to underdress for interviews. I seem to have more success that way.

so you are saying I should ditch the pants?