What to Wear for a Job Interview

What to Wear for a Job Interview monkeysee.com See how the experts do it. Brian: I’m Brian of Be Better Guys.com A Guy’s Guide to Getting a Life. We’re talking about what to wear and when specifically looking at what to wear for a job interview. The thing about a job interview is that you want to make a good impression, you want to make sure that your boss looks at you and says, “Hey are you”— or a potential boss rather looks at you and says, “Hey this guy looks professional and looks the part” simultaneously you don’t want anything you know wardrobe on your person screaming out of him you know you’re some kind of crazy guy coming in here with you know earrings and things of that nature so what we’re going to do is we’re going to look at an example of what looks good coming in for a job interview. So David is wearing a navy blue pin stripe suit. Now when you think about suits in regards to your job interview what you want something relatively simple, maybe gray. You could probably do an olive or something like that. I would probably stick to Navy and Gray, the pin stripe is fine, a muted plaid is fine, solid color is fine. David’s got the navy suit on. He’s wearing the three button to it I’m sorry and David is wearing the three button suit here. I would keep it to a single breasted maybe a little formal for a job interview. Three piece suites is way out of line that’s way too much. And if you’re waiting for a buttons, chances are you’re getting ready for the NBA draft and this is probably the longer place for you. So David has got a three button suit on and Dave is wearing a plaid shirt, a great orange tie with a small pattern, out of proportion to the plaid shirt so that they’re not competing one another and neither the patterns are competing with the stripe in the suit. David: Not too bold for an interview don’t you think? Brian: I don’t think they aren’t just too bold at all. It gives a little punch, it gives a little color but it doesn’t scream out at anybody and it’s in harmony with everything else you’re wearing here so that’s a good look. It helps to make you memorable, memorable but not too memorable. David: Good point. Brian: You don’t wind up coming to the office as Crusty the Clown, you don’t want that. So the next thing I’m going to point to you is David’s shoes, David’s one of the great pair of brown shoes to go with the blue suit, typically people are going to look to wear black shoes, brown is a nice alternative particularly this color brown is rich. It adds a little bit of depth and again it makes you memorable but not too memorable. The thing about shoes and suits and things of that nature, your suit and your socks should be the same color. Not your shoes and your socks that’s never okay. I’m going to take a step back and I want to talk about ties in general, I would recommend keeping all ties very muted simple patterns small like this one, stripe perhaps. I have solid tie on great looking color, it doesn’t detract from the shirt, it doesn’t detract from the suit. It compliments the whole thing. You don’t want any one thing again distracting from you, your interview, your resume and more people will remember you for your qualifications. It will be memorable and professional looking without having someone saying, what in the world was that guy wearing. In regards to shirts guys, are really going to get nervous and probably up for a white shirt and the white shirt is fine. If in doubt wear a white shirt, you can never go wrong with the white shirt. You can see Dave has a little bit of blue here, he a fairly subtle pattern. You can wear a subtle stripe, that’s fine as well. Again, make sure that the stripe or whatever pattern you have on shirt and whatever pattern you have on your tie do not clash so if you have a broad striped shirt you want the smallest pattern of the tie, again the same thing with the suit. We talked a little about the suit a little bit, maybe a gray, the pin stripe is fine, I would also recommend possibly a plaid that will work wonderfully as well or you can go with the solid suit, either way, but again make sure the that the look that you present is professional. I will steer away. I know a lot of guys who learned jewelry these days. I used to have an earring but I wouldn’t wear one to a job interview. I wouldn’t wear bracelets, I would keep all that stuff pretty low key, beyond the watch and wedding ring if you haven’t or you wear a ring that would about it. Next we’re going to be talking about what to wear to a wedding.