Business Smart attire for Interview
Discussion
MarshPhantom said:
Pommygranite said:
About right but brown shoes with a black belt?
Your tie knot doesn't matter.
Just be neat and tidy (have suit dry cleaned) and and ensure your tie is all the way to the top and tight, shirt well ironed, shoes clean and neat, no comedy socks or tie, trousers the right length (not hanging 2 inches above your shoes), clean nails and hair and trim up the nose and eat hair.
Windsor looks good though.Your tie knot doesn't matter.
Just be neat and tidy (have suit dry cleaned) and and ensure your tie is all the way to the top and tight, shirt well ironed, shoes clean and neat, no comedy socks or tie, trousers the right length (not hanging 2 inches above your shoes), clean nails and hair and trim up the nose and eat hair.
HannsG said:
Pommygranite said:
Missed that bit - yep agreed.
What's the job?
VP role in the finance transformation space. What's the job?
As an aside, since it's a VP role, you already know how to dress. Don't stop having an identity crisis and worry about what to say.
MarshPhantom said:
tuffer said:
I have had people turn up in everything from Homer Simpson socks and tie to un-ironed chinos and jumper, FFS, it's not hard. Just put a suit on or at least trousers, shirt and tie, or not even a tie if you make the effort with the suit.
Maybe they didn't want the job?berlintaxi said:
Maybe I am an old fogey but what sort of job interview invite specifies how to dress, surely you should know already how to dress for an interview.
Probably a few retired colonels that have rocked upto a city boys job in their 1s when told to dress smart.Or perhaps it's the avoidance of the "casual" on the end to avoid all doubt.
MarshPhantom said:
Pommygranite said:
About right but brown shoes with a black belt?
Your tie knot doesn't matter.
Just be neat and tidy (have suit dry cleaned) and and ensure your tie is all the way to the top and tight, shirt well ironed, shoes clean and neat, no comedy socks or tie, trousers the right length (not hanging 2 inches above your shoes), clean nails and hair and trim up the nose and eat hair.
Windsor looks good though.Your tie knot doesn't matter.
Just be neat and tidy (have suit dry cleaned) and and ensure your tie is all the way to the top and tight, shirt well ironed, shoes clean and neat, no comedy socks or tie, trousers the right length (not hanging 2 inches above your shoes), clean nails and hair and trim up the nose and eat hair.
Gareth1974 said:
Not sure if this is true or not, I've heard that shirts with a pocket are frowned upon in the banking sector.
Used to be. They would get ripped off if someone entered the floor wearing one who wasn't back office. Belts weren't accepted either.
The world has evolved but a shirt pocket is still something that delineates front and back office.
DonkeyApple said:
MarshPhantom said:
Pommygranite said:
About right but brown shoes with a black belt?
Your tie knot doesn't matter.
Just be neat and tidy (have suit dry cleaned) and and ensure your tie is all the way to the top and tight, shirt well ironed, shoes clean and neat, no comedy socks or tie, trousers the right length (not hanging 2 inches above your shoes), clean nails and hair and trim up the nose and eat hair.
Windsor looks good though.Your tie knot doesn't matter.
Just be neat and tidy (have suit dry cleaned) and and ensure your tie is all the way to the top and tight, shirt well ironed, shoes clean and neat, no comedy socks or tie, trousers the right length (not hanging 2 inches above your shoes), clean nails and hair and trim up the nose and eat hair.
MarshPhantom said:
DonkeyApple said:
MarshPhantom said:
Pommygranite said:
About right but brown shoes with a black belt?
Your tie knot doesn't matter.
Just be neat and tidy (have suit dry cleaned) and and ensure your tie is all the way to the top and tight, shirt well ironed, shoes clean and neat, no comedy socks or tie, trousers the right length (not hanging 2 inches above your shoes), clean nails and hair and trim up the nose and eat hair.
Windsor looks good though.Your tie knot doesn't matter.
Just be neat and tidy (have suit dry cleaned) and and ensure your tie is all the way to the top and tight, shirt well ironed, shoes clean and neat, no comedy socks or tie, trousers the right length (not hanging 2 inches above your shoes), clean nails and hair and trim up the nose and eat hair.
DonkeyApple said:
Gareth1974 said:
Not sure if this is true or not, I've heard that shirts with a pocket are frowned upon in the banking sector.
Used to be. They would get ripped off if someone entered the floor wearing one who wasn't back office. Belts weren't accepted either.
The world has evolved but a shirt pocket is still something that delineates front and back office.
Robbo 27 said:
Gareth1974 said:
Not sure if this is true or not, I've heard that shirts with a pocket are frowned upon in the banking sector.
If your watch is not appropriate borrow one that is, take a comb with you, give your self enough time to relax before you go into the meeting. I presume your meeting is in the City, take a tissue with you and dust off your shoes before you go in, read the front page and business pages of a good newspaper that morning.It's a modern day bank, not a meeting with the East India Company in 1700. Nobody is going to blink if you're not wearing a watch. It's for a project based role, not front line.
K50 DEL said:
DonkeyApple said:
Gareth1974 said:
Not sure if this is true or not, I've heard that shirts with a pocket are frowned upon in the banking sector.
Used to be. They would get ripped off if someone entered the floor wearing one who wasn't back office. Belts weren't accepted either.
The world has evolved but a shirt pocket is still something that delineates front and back office.
The belt thing has probably died out more quickly due to arrival of the American and European banker but shirt pockets would still get an odd look in many environments. Although, I'd be surprised if people were still ripping them off on trading floors.
Greshamst said:
Robbo 27 said:
Gareth1974 said:
Not sure if this is true or not, I've heard that shirts with a pocket are frowned upon in the banking sector.
If your watch is not appropriate borrow one that is, take a comb with you, give your self enough time to relax before you go into the meeting. I presume your meeting is in the City, take a tissue with you and dust off your shoes before you go in, read the front page and business pages of a good newspaper that morning.It's a modern day bank, not a meeting with the East India Company in 1700. Nobody is going to blink if you're not wearing a watch. It's for a project based role, not front line.
Re shoes, the shine is simply topped up on the escalator out of the tube.
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