Pin Stripe suit or Plain black/grey suit for interview?

Housey said:
Some general advice and what I look for when candidates walk through the door....

1) Have a ****ing shower or bath, really, start here first!
2) Have a good shave. If you do have a beard ensure it's tidy and trimmed and not bloody Brian Harvey crap!
3) Comb your hair. I want to see it kept and tidy and if you take point one ensure you don't forget the shampoo!
4) Well pressed suit, shirt and tie please, ideal blue, grey, pinstripe. No bloody green or brown crap, get a proper business suit for christ sake.
5) CLEAR YOUR SHOES. Really, ensure they are polished and shiny and ideally black!
6) Teeth, clean em!
7) DO YOURSELF UP! No open buttons with a tie, no bloody trousers around your ankles and do a windsor knot. Ensure your suit fits too, so many people have badly fitting suits. Don't buy your size, buy your fit!

I touch the surface here but SO MANY people fail at this point and usually first impressions prove to be right in such situations. I promise you, if you turn up looking like you walked from Savile Row you will be 85% ahead of the rest of the people you are competing with. To all those who say 'just be you' or 'I don't need a suit to be good' they are right of course, but they are also not employers. If you are going for an interview BE SMART unless they specifically tell you not to.

OP. Pinstripe is fine, assuming the above points are followed too but I would suggest plain white shirt and plain tie to complement it best. Good luck.
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hey housey, ive got the eightenth century on the line, they sound quite angry... they want their opinion back.
 
mattyfez said:
yeh, depends how loud the pinstripe is, dark blue suit with white stripes looks pretty trashy to me, but if its more subtle, it can look very smart.

i quite like a light grey suite, with tan shoes, and a crisp white shirt. its modern and sharp without looking to pretentious.
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TAN SHOES with a grey suit? wtf?

Black, Black or Black!



To answer the question; Plain suit and tie.
 
Housey said:
Some general advice and what I look for when candidates walk through the door....

1) Have a ****ing shower or bath, really, start here first!
2) Have a good shave. If you do have a beard ensure it's tidy and trimmed and not bloody Brian Harvey crap!
3) Comb your hair. I want to see it kept and tidy and if you take point one ensure you don't forget the shampoo!
4) Well pressed suit, shirt and tie please, ideal blue, grey, pinstripe. No bloody green or brown crap, get a proper business suit for christ sake.
5) CLEAR YOUR SHOES. Really, ensure they are polished and shiny and ideally black!
6) Teeth, clean em!
7) DO YOURSELF UP! No open buttons with a tie, no bloody trousers around your ankles and do a windsor knot. Ensure your suit fits too, so many people have badly fitting suits. Don't buy your size, buy your fit!

I touch the surface here but SO MANY people fail at this point and usually first impressions prove to be right in such situations. I promise you, if you turn up looking like you walked from Savile Row you will be 85% ahead of the rest of the people you are competing with. To all those who say 'just be you' or 'I don't need a suit to be good' they are right of course, but they are also not employers. If you are going for an interview BE SMART unless they specifically tell you not to.

OP. Pinstripe is fine, assuming the above points are followed too but I would suggest plain white shirt and plain tie to complement it best. Good luck.
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Spot on with this advice :)
Anything else is plain lazy, first impressions count and I doubt anyone would come across as "looking a bit of a stiff" (:eek:) by dressing like this.

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edit: Sorry OP, as well as Housey's advice: plain dark charcoal suit, black shoes, well ironed white shirt, cufflinks, plain tie.
Keep it sharp, well fitted and positively no ostentation (ie Pinstripes are off the menu)
 
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smit101 said:
What does it need to based on? clean and smart is enough to make a good first impression. If you've got some strange view of how men should look, then that's your problem.
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I'm giving advice to help people, you're giving advice based on your own opinion which I'm guessing is based on fantasy as you've never actually interviewed anyone for a job, right? My company is casual, the fact you think I think the way a person dresses has much to do with their ability shows how naive you are and how you know nothing about what a recruiter typically looks for or the basis of first impressions. Stop being childish and stamping your feet because you've made yourself look stupid for that IS your problem in this thread.
 
Housey said:
I'm giving advice to help people, you're giving advice based on your own opinion which I'm guessing is based on fantasy as you've never actually interviewed anyone for a job, right? My company is casual, the fact you think I think the way a person dresses has much to do with their ability shows how naive you are and how you know nothing about what a recruiter typically looks for or the basis of first impressions. Stop being childish and stamping your feet because you've made yourself look stupid for that IS your problem in this thread.
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I haven't made myself look stupid at all,I merely pointed out that clean and smart appearance is enough to make a good first impression. Seems like your the one doing the foot stamping and sounding childish.
 
mattyfez said:
i wouldnt nessesarily agree, ties are a bit stuffy and out dated, but you need a well fitting suit and shirt to pull off the open collar look, or risk, as you say, looking sloppy.

again depends on the job, software engineer for a software company, or for a financial institution? if in doubt, sure, wear a tie, but if its a small creative outfit, you dont want to come across as a stiff.
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Its for a Software Development company..

Some great comments here..

but It looks like from the looks of it, I'm going to have to stick with a pin stripe because It just looks better on me (much much better fit).

But this argument about the just wearing shirt and jeans... I know I could probably pull it off, but I saw the room where they do interviews and It looks too intimidating for me to just wear shirt and jeans, they have a proper conference room for it, with ridiculously well polished circular table and executive leather chairs and all people in it wearing suit :o
 
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doiks14 said:
Its for a Software Development company..

Some great comments here..

but It looks like from the looks of it, I'm going to have to stick with a pin stripe because It just looks better on me (much much better fit).

But this argument about the just wearing shirt and jeans... I know I could probably pull it off, but I saw the room where they do interviews and It looks too intimidating for me to just wear shirt and jeans, they have a proper conference room for it, with ridiculously well polished circle table and executive leather chairs and all people in it wearing suit :o
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You can always take a suit jacket and even the tie off if you feel you've dressed too formally. You can not go the other way if you turn up in trainers and jeans ...
 
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