Job Interview: Appropriate Attire?

[GilpinGuy]

I was thinking about it and my last job I didn't even interview, just started working. The one before that I pestered the local manager until he had me meet him at a Mexican food restaurant for lunch.

That means something. Maybe word of mouth from an old coworker/networking thing, or they were desperate for people. No offense if it was the latter. Good people get hired that way.

For my current gig, I never applied or even knew the position was open. I got a call and was asked "Would you be interested in running this poker room?" from a former superior who obviously knew I was a stellar candidate.

[Aloha_Shooter]

I was going to agree with the people who said one step above the people doing the interview and figured a dress shirt, slacks and tie would work but sounds like things went well.

The last 3 times I had interviews it was with people who already knew me well (once was a position for a site commander with a colonel who I'd already worked for the previous 2 years, the second and third were with people I'd known for 9-20+ years) so the interviews were somewhat comical. The colonel asked me if I had anything to say about my leadership style and I just said he'd seen my leadership in other situations for a couple years so I didn't think so but would be happy to answer any questions he had about decisions I'd made or situations that had come up). The second time, was more of a chat and the third time, they seemed pretty excited until the point they asked why I wanted the position and I said I really didn't but thought they needed some more candidates to pick from. I got the job the first two time but not the last. ;-)

[vossman]

I had an interview today and like you it’s been years. I wore a suit and tie. After introducing himself the PM actually thanked me for wearing a suit and putting effort into it.

[BladesNBarrels]

I had an interview today and like you it’s been years. I wore a suit and tie. After introducing himself the PM actually thanked me for wearing a suit and putting effort into it.

Dang, an interview with the Prime Minister - you applying for a Cabinet Minister position?

[DocMedic]

This is just my opinion and shouldn't be held with any authority but in the past 3 months I've probably interviewed over 50 people. How someone dress is really on the bottom of my list of what I care for, what I'm looking for is 1 are they bullshitting me with their experience that they posted on their resume, and 2, are they able to critically think through the questions that I'm asking and not just give me a candid response. The ones that can hold my interest for more then one minute are usually the ones that get hired on.