Job Interview, What to wear? *Edit*

[Dr. Detroit]

Interviewing for Manager position at an Accounting Firm tomorrow.(Friday)

Spoke to an HR Rep and when i asked the question, I got "You should wear whatever your comfortable in".

Office dress attire is business casual 5-days a week.

Suit
or
Slacks, starched dress shirt, and dress shoes

Man I havent worn a suit since a job interview in '99

EDIT
My suit is from Patrick James, a mens clothier that puts Nordstrom to shame. This is a house label suit that iss finer than the Armani, Boss, and Zegna suits they had for $2-$3K. I paid $900 and its amazing!

What I would be wearing if I did not wear a suit would be Black 100% wool slacks, a Hart-Schafner-Marx shirt, Allen Edmonds shoes and matching belt.

No one wears a suit at an accounting firm, Partners wear a suit on rare occasions, for a proposal or meeting with Board of Directors. Everyday Partner attire is business casual.

I do not own any Khakis! I wear a polo shirt with jeans only! Don't confuse me with those people who wear Khakis to work! I wear wool slacks everyday!

This is an interview with a local public accounting firm, I am currently at a Big 4 firm! Have been for near 5yrs now!

 

[Indolent]

i'd say suit, especially for a manger position

 

[dcdude]

suit

later if you find out there biz casual there its no big deal

but if you arrive in khakis and a polo and everyone else has suits on you'll feel like an idiot

 

[Yossarian]

SOOT

 

[halik]

i always go for BC. You don't wanna stand out due to the way you look, but rather with what you can do for them...

People who overdress always seem like they're trying too hard / making up for somethign

 

[Queasy]

Go with the suit. Every corporate job I've had has been business casual but interviewing in a suit is expected. My current boss told me how she was turned off by some of the people interviewing for the position that came in dress business casual.

 

[ggnl]

Suit. Preferably a brown one...with the leather elbow patches.

 

[Orsorum]

Suit. You should know this, man!

 

[Deeko]

Always a suit. Its always better to be overdressed than underdressed.

 

[Svnla]

Suit or at least a nice pants, long sleeve dress shirt with a nice tie. Interview is not a time for khaki and polo shirt.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Queasy
Go with the suit. Every corporate job I've had has been business casual but interviewing in a suit is expected. My current boss told me how she was turned off by some of the people interviewing for the position that came in dress business casual.

I've interviewed with Goldman Sachs and UBS earlier this spring and got offers from both. In either case i wore business casual attire (dress pants, dress shirt, white undershirt). Unless you're expected to wear a suit on the job, there's hardly any point in doing so for the interview.

 

[Ns1]

suit, especially for an acct firm

 

[RichieZ]

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: Queasy
Go with the suit. Every corporate job I've had has been business casual but interviewing in a suit is expected. My current boss told me how she was turned off by some of the people interviewing for the position that came in dress business casual.

I've interviewed with Goldman Sachs and UBS earlier this spring and got offers from both. In either case i wore business casual attire (dress pants, dress shirt, white undershirt). Unless you're expected to wear a suit on the job, there's hardly any point in doing so for the interview.

Aren't you doing IT? If you showed up at a GS iBank interview w/o a suit on the interview would bascially be over when you stepped in the room.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: Indolent
i'd say suit, especially for a manger position

Yep, and especially for an accounting firm.

If everyone else is wear business casual, then just take the coat off before you sit down for the interview.

 

[markgm]

Suit, always always always a suit. It should never be a question. Always a suit! I can't tell you how many people I've interviewed and when they would meet a manager and be underdressed they wouldn't get the position. Even if I were going to interview for a lifeguard position and there would be swimming involved, I'd show up in a suit.

 

[Aquaman]

Accounting Firm ............. Suit

Cheers,
Aquaman <<<<<< Accountant

 

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: Indolent
i'd say suit, especially for a manger position

actually I'd go for something in the swaddling clothes department for that kind of job

 

[dsfunk]

Originally posted by: Deeko
Always a suit. Its always better to be overdressed than underdressed.

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: dsfunk

Originally posted by: Deeko
Always a suit. Its always better to be overdressed than underdressed.

 

[Nevada]

suit.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: RichieZ

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: Queasy
Go with the suit. Every corporate job I've had has been business casual but interviewing in a suit is expected. My current boss told me how she was turned off by some of the people interviewing for the position that came in dress business casual.

I've interviewed with Goldman Sachs and UBS earlier this spring and got offers from both. In either case i wore business casual attire (dress pants, dress shirt, white undershirt). Unless you're expected to wear a suit on the job, there's hardly any point in doing so for the interview.

Aren't you doing IT? If you showed up at a GS iBank interview w/o a suit on the interview would bascially be over when you stepped in the room.

Investment Research in the NY office, where the business attire is as strict as it gets.
I just make the point of looking clean cut and professional and fitted to the environment. If i was applying for stock trading or somethign that does involve full suit, then i'd wear it.

And what you said is not true. I know plenty people that got into iBanking (Deutche Bank, GS) and only one of them was wearing a suit to the interview. It's all aobut the pink shirts, really

Like I said, the goal is to make them remeber what you have upstairs, not what you're wearing.

 

[spidey07]

no way in the world would I ever show up for any interview in anything but the sharpest suit, shirt, belt, tie, socks, shoes I own.

 

[Kishan]

Originally posted by: spidey07
no way in the world would I ever show up for any interview in anything but the sharpest suit, shirt, belt, tie, socks, shoes I own.

finally. A sh!tty suit with a thrown together suit and tie combination and an improperly tied tie look like complete sh!t.

 

[m2kewl]

wow! what would you do without the internet...???

 

[Albis]

if it's a big four accounting firm, yes suit and tie. that is pretty much what everyone else will be wearing