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John dressed us up with:
>> I have several suits and two watches. The suits
range from off-the-rack, that cost me about $200, to
full custom that cost me about $900.00. <<
In usual manner of a TW response...
It depends.
If you've done the research on the company, then
dress as well as, or better, than the standard
attire your potential peers would wear.
As a contractor at my current company, I knew full
well that standard attire consisted of casual attire
such as sandals, shorts, t-shirts and slightly
better, and very few suits, and rarely a tie. For
an interview at this company, I wore a suit to show
that I took the interview process seriously.
I have extra long arms, and until I had a suit
tailored for me I had always wondered why shirts
were too short in the sleeve. This explained why
off-the-rack suits never looked good on me. I
didn't wear long sleeve shirts much, so it wasn't
such a big deal.
I dressed usual casual (shorts, sandals, Aloha shirt)
and took my suit and one tie (nice Jerry Garcia) to
work. Changed into the suit for the interview, did
the interview (this one was fun, but didn't get the
job). Changed back to casual, listened to my voice
mail to find I had another interview in 20 minutes.
Changed back to the suit to meet with someone in a
Aloha shirt. He had not been given much notice for
the interview either, and apologized for not having
worn one. I got this job.
So it goes both ways as well.
CB - in casual attire who owns one wrist watch and
one pocket watch, of which the the pocket is of
far better quality
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