Is it too stereotyped for an Interaction Designer to dress in a business suit for interview? [duplicate]

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  Will the job require interaction with customers. In that case care for your appearance is important. But it's a sliding scale depending on other factors as well (like company culture).
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  I think Interaction Designer requires some sense of innovation. However, a suit is considered as abide by conventions. Is there a conflict between the two?
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  How is dressing for an interview in your everyday clothes a sign of innovation? Like a wedding or funeral, it's as much about the ceremony than any individual.
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  Will the job require interaction with customers. In that case care for your appearance is important. But it's a sliding scale depending on other factors as well (like company culture).
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  I think Interaction Designer requires some sense of innovation. However, a suit is considered as abide by conventions. Is there a conflict between the two?
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  How is dressing for an interview in your everyday clothes a sign of innovation? Like a wedding or funeral, it's as much about the ceremony than any individual.
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  Will the job require interaction with customers. In that case care for your appearance is important. But it's a sliding scale depending on other factors as well (like company culture).
  – Jan Doggen
  May 8 '14 at 18:50
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  I think Interaction Designer requires some sense of innovation. However, a suit is considered as abide by conventions. Is there a conflict between the two?
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  May 8 '14 at 18:56
  

  
  
  
  


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  How is dressing for an interview in your everyday clothes a sign of innovation? Like a wedding or funeral, it's as much about the ceremony than any individual.
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  May 8 '14 at 19:20
  

  
  
  
  

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  Will the job require interaction with customers. In that case care for your appearance is important. But it's a sliding scale depending on other factors as well (like company culture).
  – Jan Doggen
  May 8 '14 at 18:50
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  I think Interaction Designer requires some sense of innovation. However, a suit is considered as abide by conventions. Is there a conflict between the two?
  – Jhz832
  May 8 '14 at 18:56
  

  
  
  
  


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  How is dressing for an interview in your everyday clothes a sign of innovation? Like a wedding or funeral, it's as much about the ceremony than any individual.
  – user8365
  May 8 '14 at 19:20
  

  
  
  
  

Will the job require interaction with customers. In that case care for your appearance is important. But it's a sliding scale depending on other factors as well (like company culture).
– Jan Doggen
May 8 '14 at 18:50

Will the job require interaction with customers. In that case care for your appearance is important. But it's a sliding scale depending on other factors as well (like company culture).
– Jan Doggen
May 8 '14 at 18:50

I think Interaction Designer requires some sense of innovation. However, a suit is considered as abide by conventions. Is there a conflict between the two?
– Jhz832
May 8 '14 at 18:56

I think Interaction Designer requires some sense of innovation. However, a suit is considered as abide by conventions. Is there a conflict between the two?
– Jhz832
May 8 '14 at 18:56

How is dressing for an interview in your everyday clothes a sign of innovation? Like a wedding or funeral, it's as much about the ceremony than any individual.
– user8365
May 8 '14 at 19:20

How is dressing for an interview in your everyday clothes a sign of innovation? Like a wedding or funeral, it's as much about the ceremony than any individual.
– user8365
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Don't overthink this. Dress for a job interview the way you would expect a consultant in your own field to dress for a sales call on a managing director / CEO. There's nothing wrong with being overdressed for an interview, but there's plenty wrong with being sloppily or distractingly dressed.

You can't go wrong with a business suit.

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Your purpose in choosing clothing for an interview should be to allow you and the people you're meeting to focus on what's truly important to you and them. I suggest dressing as if you were making a sales call on their management because you are doing that. It's a small sign of respect.

You may run into a workplace like @Vietnhi Phuvan's where they're inclined to mistreat you if you're a little overdressed (see his comment below). You also may run into a workplace where everybody wears very expensive Armani suits. In either sort of place you may get a hard time for your ordinary but respectful department store clothing.

If you get a strong negative reaction to your clothing, be happy! You found out what's really important to the people in that workplace. That will help you make good employment choices.

(If you're an actor auditioning for a part, don't listen to me!)

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You will be customer facing so you need to dress professionally. But as a designer you should show a bit of style. What you would not want to do is wear jeans like a developer might get away with.

For a man maybe a suit but one less structured than a typical business suit.

For a woman there are more options such as a silky dress with a jacket, a nice pant suit (but one that is stylish not stogy) or a less stuffy suit with a touch of color. What you would not want to do is be too sexy, show too much skin (and especially no showing your midriff), wear a very short skirt or clothes that are too tight. You would not want to wear super high heels (regular ones are fine, but keep them more business like rather than lets go out dancing.).

It is a bit of a fine line. You want to show some style to show that you are a creative person, but you don't want them to be afraid to put you in front of a client. The more conservative the industry you would support, the more conservatively they would expect a designer to dress as well.

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  "Wear jeans like a developer might get away with" - I hope you're not talking about the interview here. I'd personally see that as a sign of disrespect, regardless of the company attire.
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  @dukeling, we have interviewd many devs in the last 10 years wearing jeans.
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  @Dukeling In some places if you show up in a suit for a dev job people will laugh at you.
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  Why would you take a whole paragraph to explain what would be "too sexy" for a woman to wear to an interview but only a single sentence to say that a man could wear a less structured suit?
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  @nadyne because I know more about what women shouldn't do being a woman. And men have fewer choices in dress than women do. And they are far less likely to actually try to dress sexy in any context. BUt I have interviewed a number of young women who clearly were never told how inappropriate it is to come to an interview looking like they were going on date and how that would give teh wreong first imporession. I have never interviewed a men who looked that way.
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Don't overthink this. Dress for a job interview the way you would expect a consultant in your own field to dress for a sales call on a managing director / CEO. There's nothing wrong with being overdressed for an interview, but there's plenty wrong with being sloppily or distractingly dressed.

You can't go wrong with a business suit.

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Your purpose in choosing clothing for an interview should be to allow you and the people you're meeting to focus on what's truly important to you and them. I suggest dressing as if you were making a sales call on their management because you are doing that. It's a small sign of respect.

You may run into a workplace like @Vietnhi Phuvan's where they're inclined to mistreat you if you're a little overdressed (see his comment below). You also may run into a workplace where everybody wears very expensive Armani suits. In either sort of place you may get a hard time for your ordinary but respectful department store clothing.

If you get a strong negative reaction to your clothing, be happy! You found out what's really important to the people in that workplace. That will help you make good employment choices.

(If you're an actor auditioning for a part, don't listen to me!)

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Don't overthink this. Dress for a job interview the way you would expect a consultant in your own field to dress for a sales call on a managing director / CEO. There's nothing wrong with being overdressed for an interview, but there's plenty wrong with being sloppily or distractingly dressed.

You can't go wrong with a business suit.

An edit

Your purpose in choosing clothing for an interview should be to allow you and the people you're meeting to focus on what's truly important to you and them. I suggest dressing as if you were making a sales call on their management because you are doing that. It's a small sign of respect.

You may run into a workplace like @Vietnhi Phuvan's where they're inclined to mistreat you if you're a little overdressed (see his comment below). You also may run into a workplace where everybody wears very expensive Armani suits. In either sort of place you may get a hard time for your ordinary but respectful department store clothing.

If you get a strong negative reaction to your clothing, be happy! You found out what's really important to the people in that workplace. That will help you make good employment choices.

(If you're an actor auditioning for a part, don't listen to me!)

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Don't overthink this. Dress for a job interview the way you would expect a consultant in your own field to dress for a sales call on a managing director / CEO. There's nothing wrong with being overdressed for an interview, but there's plenty wrong with being sloppily or distractingly dressed.

You can't go wrong with a business suit.

An edit

Your purpose in choosing clothing for an interview should be to allow you and the people you're meeting to focus on what's truly important to you and them. I suggest dressing as if you were making a sales call on their management because you are doing that. It's a small sign of respect.

You may run into a workplace like @Vietnhi Phuvan's where they're inclined to mistreat you if you're a little overdressed (see his comment below). You also may run into a workplace where everybody wears very expensive Armani suits. In either sort of place you may get a hard time for your ordinary but respectful department store clothing.

If you get a strong negative reaction to your clothing, be happy! You found out what's really important to the people in that workplace. That will help you make good employment choices.

(If you're an actor auditioning for a part, don't listen to me!)

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edited May 9 '14 at 15:22

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Don't overthink this. Dress for a job interview the way you would expect a consultant in your own field to dress for a sales call on a managing director / CEO. There's nothing wrong with being overdressed for an interview, but there's plenty wrong with being sloppily or distractingly dressed.

You can't go wrong with a business suit.

An edit

Your purpose in choosing clothing for an interview should be to allow you and the people you're meeting to focus on what's truly important to you and them. I suggest dressing as if you were making a sales call on their management because you are doing that. It's a small sign of respect.

You may run into a workplace like @Vietnhi Phuvan's where they're inclined to mistreat you if you're a little overdressed (see his comment below). You also may run into a workplace where everybody wears very expensive Armani suits. In either sort of place you may get a hard time for your ordinary but respectful department store clothing.

If you get a strong negative reaction to your clothing, be happy! You found out what's really important to the people in that workplace. That will help you make good employment choices.

(If you're an actor auditioning for a part, don't listen to me!)

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You will be customer facing so you need to dress professionally. But as a designer you should show a bit of style. What you would not want to do is wear jeans like a developer might get away with.

For a man maybe a suit but one less structured than a typical business suit.

For a woman there are more options such as a silky dress with a jacket, a nice pant suit (but one that is stylish not stogy) or a less stuffy suit with a touch of color. What you would not want to do is be too sexy, show too much skin (and especially no showing your midriff), wear a very short skirt or clothes that are too tight. You would not want to wear super high heels (regular ones are fine, but keep them more business like rather than lets go out dancing.).

It is a bit of a fine line. You want to show some style to show that you are a creative person, but you don't want them to be afraid to put you in front of a client. The more conservative the industry you would support, the more conservatively they would expect a designer to dress as well.

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  "Wear jeans like a developer might get away with" - I hope you're not talking about the interview here. I'd personally see that as a sign of disrespect, regardless of the company attire.
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  @dukeling, we have interviewd many devs in the last 10 years wearing jeans.
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  @Dukeling In some places if you show up in a suit for a dev job people will laugh at you.
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  Why would you take a whole paragraph to explain what would be "too sexy" for a woman to wear to an interview but only a single sentence to say that a man could wear a less structured suit?
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  @nadyne because I know more about what women shouldn't do being a woman. And men have fewer choices in dress than women do. And they are far less likely to actually try to dress sexy in any context. BUt I have interviewed a number of young women who clearly were never told how inappropriate it is to come to an interview looking like they were going on date and how that would give teh wreong first imporession. I have never interviewed a men who looked that way.
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You will be customer facing so you need to dress professionally. But as a designer you should show a bit of style. What you would not want to do is wear jeans like a developer might get away with.

For a man maybe a suit but one less structured than a typical business suit.

For a woman there are more options such as a silky dress with a jacket, a nice pant suit (but one that is stylish not stogy) or a less stuffy suit with a touch of color. What you would not want to do is be too sexy, show too much skin (and especially no showing your midriff), wear a very short skirt or clothes that are too tight. You would not want to wear super high heels (regular ones are fine, but keep them more business like rather than lets go out dancing.).

It is a bit of a fine line. You want to show some style to show that you are a creative person, but you don't want them to be afraid to put you in front of a client. The more conservative the industry you would support, the more conservatively they would expect a designer to dress as well.

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  "Wear jeans like a developer might get away with" - I hope you're not talking about the interview here. I'd personally see that as a sign of disrespect, regardless of the company attire.
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  @dukeling, we have interviewd many devs in the last 10 years wearing jeans.
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  @Dukeling In some places if you show up in a suit for a dev job people will laugh at you.
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  Why would you take a whole paragraph to explain what would be "too sexy" for a woman to wear to an interview but only a single sentence to say that a man could wear a less structured suit?
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  @nadyne because I know more about what women shouldn't do being a woman. And men have fewer choices in dress than women do. And they are far less likely to actually try to dress sexy in any context. BUt I have interviewed a number of young women who clearly were never told how inappropriate it is to come to an interview looking like they were going on date and how that would give teh wreong first imporession. I have never interviewed a men who looked that way.
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You will be customer facing so you need to dress professionally. But as a designer you should show a bit of style. What you would not want to do is wear jeans like a developer might get away with.

For a man maybe a suit but one less structured than a typical business suit.

For a woman there are more options such as a silky dress with a jacket, a nice pant suit (but one that is stylish not stogy) or a less stuffy suit with a touch of color. What you would not want to do is be too sexy, show too much skin (and especially no showing your midriff), wear a very short skirt or clothes that are too tight. You would not want to wear super high heels (regular ones are fine, but keep them more business like rather than lets go out dancing.).

It is a bit of a fine line. You want to show some style to show that you are a creative person, but you don't want them to be afraid to put you in front of a client. The more conservative the industry you would support, the more conservatively they would expect a designer to dress as well.

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You will be customer facing so you need to dress professionally. But as a designer you should show a bit of style. What you would not want to do is wear jeans like a developer might get away with.

For a man maybe a suit but one less structured than a typical business suit.

For a woman there are more options such as a silky dress with a jacket, a nice pant suit (but one that is stylish not stogy) or a less stuffy suit with a touch of color. What you would not want to do is be too sexy, show too much skin (and especially no showing your midriff), wear a very short skirt or clothes that are too tight. You would not want to wear super high heels (regular ones are fine, but keep them more business like rather than lets go out dancing.).

It is a bit of a fine line. You want to show some style to show that you are a creative person, but you don't want them to be afraid to put you in front of a client. The more conservative the industry you would support, the more conservatively they would expect a designer to dress as well.

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  "Wear jeans like a developer might get away with" - I hope you're not talking about the interview here. I'd personally see that as a sign of disrespect, regardless of the company attire.
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  @dukeling, we have interviewd many devs in the last 10 years wearing jeans.
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  @Dukeling In some places if you show up in a suit for a dev job people will laugh at you.
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  Why would you take a whole paragraph to explain what would be "too sexy" for a woman to wear to an interview but only a single sentence to say that a man could wear a less structured suit?
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  @nadyne because I know more about what women shouldn't do being a woman. And men have fewer choices in dress than women do. And they are far less likely to actually try to dress sexy in any context. BUt I have interviewed a number of young women who clearly were never told how inappropriate it is to come to an interview looking like they were going on date and how that would give teh wreong first imporession. I have never interviewed a men who looked that way.
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  "Wear jeans like a developer might get away with" - I hope you're not talking about the interview here. I'd personally see that as a sign of disrespect, regardless of the company attire.
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  @dukeling, we have interviewd many devs in the last 10 years wearing jeans.
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  @Dukeling In some places if you show up in a suit for a dev job people will laugh at you.
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  Why would you take a whole paragraph to explain what would be "too sexy" for a woman to wear to an interview but only a single sentence to say that a man could wear a less structured suit?
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  @nadyne because I know more about what women shouldn't do being a woman. And men have fewer choices in dress than women do. And they are far less likely to actually try to dress sexy in any context. BUt I have interviewed a number of young women who clearly were never told how inappropriate it is to come to an interview looking like they were going on date and how that would give teh wreong first imporession. I have never interviewed a men who looked that way.
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"Wear jeans like a developer might get away with" - I hope you're not talking about the interview here. I'd personally see that as a sign of disrespect, regardless of the company attire.
– Dukeling
May 8 '14 at 19:45

"Wear jeans like a developer might get away with" - I hope you're not talking about the interview here. I'd personally see that as a sign of disrespect, regardless of the company attire.
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May 8 '14 at 19:45

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@dukeling, we have interviewd many devs in the last 10 years wearing jeans.
– HLGEM
May 8 '14 at 20:05

@dukeling, we have interviewd many devs in the last 10 years wearing jeans.
– HLGEM
May 8 '14 at 20:05

@Dukeling In some places if you show up in a suit for a dev job people will laugh at you.
– MrFox
May 8 '14 at 20:08

@Dukeling In some places if you show up in a suit for a dev job people will laugh at you.
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May 8 '14 at 20:08

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Why would you take a whole paragraph to explain what would be "too sexy" for a woman to wear to an interview but only a single sentence to say that a man could wear a less structured suit?
– nadyne
May 9 '14 at 4:40

Why would you take a whole paragraph to explain what would be "too sexy" for a woman to wear to an interview but only a single sentence to say that a man could wear a less structured suit?
– nadyne
May 9 '14 at 4:40

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@nadyne because I know more about what women shouldn't do being a woman. And men have fewer choices in dress than women do. And they are far less likely to actually try to dress sexy in any context. BUt I have interviewed a number of young women who clearly were never told how inappropriate it is to come to an interview looking like they were going on date and how that would give teh wreong first imporession. I have never interviewed a men who looked that way.
– HLGEM
May 9 '14 at 13:16

@nadyne because I know more about what women shouldn't do being a woman. And men have fewer choices in dress than women do. And they are far less likely to actually try to dress sexy in any context. BUt I have interviewed a number of young women who clearly were never told how inappropriate it is to come to an interview looking like they were going on date and how that would give teh wreong first imporession. I have never interviewed a men who looked that way.
– HLGEM
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