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In article <4no294$p2n@fugue.clari.net> brad@clarinet.com (Brad Templeton) writes:
>In article <319B5198.41C6@x.org>, T. Hsu <ting@x.org> wrote:
>>Gary Brainin (garygm@goonsquad.spies.com) wrote:
>>> [...] so you might well say that it's counterproductive for the
>>> interviewers to take my clothing as an indicator of my suitability.
>>> Nevertheless, I'm damn sure I'm going to wear a suit and tie
>>
>>I haven't interviewed in a suit & tie since right out of college.
>>Jacket, slacks, and silk shirt, yes, but not a suit style jacket
>>nor a tie. However, I'm on the favorable side of the supply-demand
>>curve, so I don't know if this has ever hurt me.
>
>More to the point, sometimes I have had a *negative* impression when
>people have come to interview with me in a suit and tie.  It says
>that they don't have the strong confidence in their abilities that
>not getting dressed up requires.   Of course, I don't factor this very
>heavily either way, but there are certainly job categories, and probably
>dates, for which getting dressed up is a mistake.

Or it says that they like wearing a suit and tie (I don't, but tastes vary).
Or it says that nothing else was clean, or they wanted to show you that they
could look very presentable if they had to interface with customers.
Or etc., etc., etc.

I can understand not giving them points for wearing a suit, but having it count
against them seems very unfair.

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Markw