Gaming industry - interview attire?

[HangTime]

Historically I have always worn a suit and usually a tie to interviews. However, I've mostly worked in the corporate sector.

In the gaming sector, I wonder if a suit might come across as a bit 'too corporate' and one should go for something slightly less formal like chinos and a presentable long-sleeved shirt?

Personally I don't place a lot of importance on what an interviewee wears so long as it is not extreme (t-shirt with offensive logos etc), but I know others don't feel the same way and might have preconceptions based on what one is wearing.

Thoughts?

 

[HangTime]

For what role are you interviewing? If you're interviewing for an accountancy role the advice might be very different from a programming role.

It's a management role, not directly linked to gaming in terms of what I'd actually be doing. I've decided not to wear a tie, perhaps a more casual shirt and jacket, or just a smart shirt. Early stages, so I'll probably be able to get away with a comment at an appropriate moment around whether the attire is appropriate for future stages if we get that far. My gut feeling is they probably won't throw me out for 'smart casual' in the first stages, but a guy with greying hair in a suit might give the wrong impression.

Typically I have 'overdressed' for interviews in the sense that what I wear when I have the job is less formal than what I interviewed in. It's kind of like, you expect in an interview to be one tier up from the expected norm to show you are taking it seriously. The only exception is my first ever job after uni where it was expected to wear a tie (not sure why, as it wasn't a customer facing role) until a new MD came in who didn't like wearing a tie, and changed things.

 

[HangTime]

I just wore a checked shirt in the end that could pass for casual or office attire, asked at the end and they said that was appropriate moving forwards.