susannah has decided I'm buying interview clothing. I'll mostly be interviewing for techie jobs. This round in particular I'll be interviewing for jobs as a lab assistant. I'm planning on wearing grey slacks and a white button-down shirt. Oh, and I'm a woman.
I actually ended up ordering both (so that I can agonize over it in front of a mirror, I guess), but I'm leaning towards wearing the three-quarter-sleeve.
Asked 1 year ago
Get a long-sleeve shirt. It's less girly and you can always roll the sleeves up if you think you look too formal.
- kyrandil
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but womens' professional fashion eludes everyone.
- photon
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It's nice having long-sleeved shirts. Don't roll them up unless you're in a very very casual environment.
- kevinr
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Properly rolled cuffs on a long-sleeve shirt are sexy, and then you can wear the shirt with the sleeves down in the winter, too. :-)
My choice: Get a three-quarter-sleeve. It's the summer and you'd just roll up the sleeves on a long-sleeve shirt anyway.
- lakmiseiru
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3/4 sleeves are very comfy and what I wear in lab. Keep in mind that in lab you *don't* want your sleeves dragging, so 3/4 is actually probably better (they're what I wear a fraction of the time in lab and what I wore during my interview, for the record).
- jtu
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Although, given it's summer, I'm sure it's fine if you wear one with short sleeves.
- melike
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Don't roll up your sleeves during the interview.
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