....Also turn up to the interview on a Penny Farthing, just to ram home how awesome you really are.
Wearing a bow tie to an interview.
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....Also turn up to the interview on a Penny Farthing, just to ram home how awesome you really are.
I can't see anything wrong with it, yeah it's not conventional but so what. If you normally wear one then go for it, if it's a novelty to you don't.
Be aware that your interviewers might think it's cool but will more than likely walk you out, turn to each other and go "what was with the bow tie" and laugh.
Ultimately, be yourself regardless of what anyone else thinks.
Be aware that your interviewers might think it's cool but will more than likely walk you out, turn to each other and go "what was with the bow tie" and laugh.
Ultimately, be yourself regardless of what anyone else thinks.
Saying "an employer who rules you out for turning up to interview in just your underpants is probably not your ideal employer anyway" is the same as saying it about wearing a bow tie?
Ridiculous is an interesting word...
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CONFORM, DON'T BE DIFFERENT, BE A DRONE.
Or you know, wear it and interview well.
Or you know, wear it and interview well.
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If I was interviewing you I'd mentally mark you down. I'd be concerned you have too much of a need to be an individual, when what I want is someone who will do as they are told and fit in with the team.
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What is the rest of the outfit?
A bow tie to an interview is a weird move and will only really be considered okay if you wear it with a jacket and trousers that make it look like you are going to give a lecture rather than an evening party.
Bow ties are usually worn with a winged collar shirt, DONT wear one to an interview unless you are going to accompany it with the rest of the tux and are planing on going a black tie event after.
They are more acceptable in a casual environment with a normal dress shirt where the collar is standard/cutaway/button down if the bow is of a casual look (not shiny silk) and not worn with a business suit but rather smart trousers/chinos and a mismatched colour jacket eg. the derpy professor combo: corduroys, tweed jacket, short sleeve shirt (patterned like a school maths-book) and a brown 80's curtains style bowtie.
I would think you are better off in a normal suit though regardless. The majority of users here feel that it is at least worse than a standard business suit and tie and so i would place your bet on employers thinking the same, whether they let their personal opinions effect their decision is up to the interviewer, but i would rather play it safe if i was in your situation.
A bow tie to an interview is a weird move and will only really be considered okay if you wear it with a jacket and trousers that make it look like you are going to give a lecture rather than an evening party.
Bow ties are usually worn with a winged collar shirt, DONT wear one to an interview unless you are going to accompany it with the rest of the tux and are planing on going a black tie event after.
They are more acceptable in a casual environment with a normal dress shirt where the collar is standard/cutaway/button down if the bow is of a casual look (not shiny silk) and not worn with a business suit but rather smart trousers/chinos and a mismatched colour jacket eg. the derpy professor combo: corduroys, tweed jacket, short sleeve shirt (patterned like a school maths-book) and a brown 80's curtains style bowtie.
I would think you are better off in a normal suit though regardless. The majority of users here feel that it is at least worse than a standard business suit and tie and so i would place your bet on employers thinking the same, whether they let their personal opinions effect their decision is up to the interviewer, but i would rather play it safe if i was in your situation.
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Surely that's your prejudice?
I have a good friend who is a CIO and a CEO of two different branches of clinical health IT research and wears a bow tie all the time. It clearly hasn't done him any harm in his career, and that's probably a fairly conservative (boring?) profession to be in..
I say wear it. If you interview well then it will be something for them to remember you by. If you don't then you won't get the job any way. No decent employer would dismiss someone who interviews well but wears something slightly 'different'.
I say wear it. If you interview well then it will be something for them to remember you by. If you don't then you won't get the job any way. No decent employer would dismiss someone who interviews well but wears something slightly 'different'.
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Well to be fair, what is an interview for if not to pre-judge someone for a role?
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Only if you're applying to be a gentleman of ill repute, a classy waiter, a stripper, a jazz pianist or an eccentric Nordic statistician. 
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Researches tend to be a bit more eccentric when it comes to work clothes, it was not uncommon to see people in stuff like bow ties when i was in physics, still for most jobs i feel it probably wont help the interview.
I think the whole outfit is what determines how silly he will look with a bow tie more than just wearing a bow tie.
Business suit + bow tie = silly
Evening suit + bow tie = silly
stand alone jacket + trousers + silk bow tie = silly
stand alone Jacket + trousers + non silk bow tie = acceptable if a bit eccentric
Only if you're applying to be a gentleman of ill repute, a classy waiter, a stripper, a jazz pianist or an eccentric Nordic statistician.
You forgot physicist or Oxbridge academic.