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Same. Well my interview is over and I think I bombed it-regardless of my tie. Time to go home and collapse.
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How do you dress up for an interview in a tech field?
- Thread starter Dalek
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Same. Well my interview is over and I think I bombed it-regardless of my tie. Time to go home and collapse.
at my previous job an intern called and asked. I told him. Seemed to work well for him.
I was not conducting the interview.
I was not conducting the interview.
I work for a medium-sized software company, we take diversity pretty seriously (at least, we seem to have a diverse workforce in engineering), and I don't think I've even seen any woman candidate for any position in engineering ever discriminated against for wearing/not wearing heels or make-up. Personally in my experience flats have been more common among almost all of the women I've interviewed for engineering positions. Most women candidates who I've interviewed and who were eventually hired had about the same amount of make-up that they ended up wearing once they've become a regular employee, at least it's never been something that I've thought about or seen other people consider in the interviewing process.
Of course, people could have their own biases that go unseen or unnoticed by me, too. I've definitely never witnessed anybody looking down on a woman candidate who did or didn't wear make-up or heels. FWIW, I don't think I've ever interviewed a candidate who wore anything longer than short heels or small lifts, maybe a "kitten heel," but honestly, thinking about it I think just about every woman I've interviewed has worn flats or an adjacent style.
Dress shoes, dress slacks, white button down with conservative tie and a dark blue blazer.
So I can get a job where I wear jeans and t-shirts and don't have to comb my hair if I don't want to.
So I can get a job where I wear jeans and t-shirts and don't have to comb my hair if I don't want to.
circuit board plated armor
.....on top of my nice button up, tucked into slacks/khakis, and semi-nice shoes. no tie. (worked well in O&G companies as well as web-based companies)
.....on top of my nice button up, tucked into slacks/khakis, and semi-nice shoes. no tie. (worked well in O&G companies as well as web-based companies)
Thank you! This is really helpful. I was part of a career program for women in tech and we were advised to always wear low heels and light make-up just in case, but it's good to hear experiences from others.
I always wore a suit and tie to interviews on the east coast, but for my first job on the west coast in a tech related healthcare job I just wore a sweater and a decent pair of pants. Didn't want to come across as too stuffy or anything, but also wanted to look nice.
It depends on what interview. To be honest I think dressing up is a bunch of ancient bullshit way to judge someone, especially if said person will be wearing jeans and whatnot once you hire them. I would rather see them dress how they would if they were hired.
tldr; dressing up for interviews is "ok boomer" mentality that needs to go away
tldr; dressing up for interviews is "ok boomer" mentality that needs to go away
not even a thing. Might be different in legal or PR etc where folks are front facing or there's industry norms but for development- same rules as men- dress the best version of how you'd show at work - although I've seen more pantsuits as a quasi formal approach but that's sorta within women's fashion range in a way that's different than a suit and tie I think.
When I am interviewing someone for a dev for test position, unless they are slobs I don't really care what they wear.
When I am interviewing, I wear a suit.
When I am interviewing, I wear a suit.
Thanks! And yeah, I think we have more of a range for business casual and business formal.
