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I've followed the rule in the past to dress one level up for the role you are applying for. If people at your level in that particular company are in good pants and sweaters, go for dress pants tie, and blazer. If they're all wearing suits, you wear a very good suit.
Just a side note - I work for a financial. While some categories of workers dress up (usually in sales, and the financial anaylsts), a whole lot of us survive on business casual. It depends which department you'd be supporting, I think. The tech department is the most casually dressed of all.
As to Rolex vs. Seiko - someone else must advise. French cuffs, ditto.
Break a leg!
Eileen Neumann
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Posada [mailto:jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com]
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 9:58 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Dress for success
Hi, guys...I have a job interview for a consultant/right-to-hire
technical writer position at very large company in NYC in the
financial sector this afternoon. My question:
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. All are the appropriate color/pattern for an
interview.
I also have two watches...one a standard Seiko and the other a Rolex.
My question...how do you dress? Do you dress in a respectful but
modest fashion or do you go all out...custom suit, french cuffs,
rolex, etc?
My tendancy is something in the middle, but no rolex. What do you think?
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John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
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