Beards and interviews

[Ki3r]

Evening all,

After a bit of advice. I'm a months time I've got a interview and assessment day to become a police officer.

I've currently got a beard that I'm quite proud of, and have had different advice about keeping it or not.

So...if you were interviewing me, would you prefer I was clean shaven?

Going to be bloody brave and post a photo of it...

Should point out that I'm currently a Special Constable and other than people joking about it, I've not been told that it needs to go.

Any advice would be great .

(Excuse me looking like crap, I've been up since 5 and not a morning person!).

[Ki3r]

sparks_E39 said:

Hello Kier! Beard is epic, I'd say get it properly shaped.. do you still have the 528i?

Hey Colin. I don't sadly, sold it three years ago to get my motorbike. Missed it so much got another one (manual this time), then had to get rid as seeing my ex 40 miles away and doing 400 miles a week. I now have a crappy 1.2 Corsa .

deckster said:

It's a fecking beard. You can always grow it back, whereas buggering up the interview because the up-tight interviewer perceives you as scruffy, or lacking the ability or judgement to understand his interpretation of 'neat and tidy' is much harder to recover from.

Firmly in the 'get rid' camp here. Or, of course, as you're currently in the Specials and therefore presumably talk to proper police all the time, you might like to ask somebody who might have a clue rather than a bunch of strangers on the internet

Part of the reason why I made this thread was to get other people's opinions. I've also spoken to a few at the stations and had a mixed response of keep/shave it.

[Ki3r]

Derish said:

As a foreigner I don't know how Brits respond to these things, but if I interviewed 10 candidates who all had exactly the same skills and experience - I'd surely pick the one guy who shows a bit of character. This is the kind of thing that sets you apart from the crowd, like 'hey, what ever happened to that guy with the massive beard?'

Trim it to look a bit less rapey - yes. Shave it - definitely not. I'd also cut the hair a bit shorter up front, that fringe thing really adds nothing to your face.

Edited by Derish on Friday 20th May 20:18

I normally style it, but had just got out the shower .

[Ki3r]

kowalski655 said:

Sod the beard,Id be worried that pudding bowl haircut makes you look a bit

Brilliant...now I've got to make sure I do my hair otherwise that's all I'm going to see .