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Job interview this afternoon... is it possible to be overdressed?
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Good luck. I would say a top hat and tails would be overdressed.5
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I like the trinity knot.0
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Wear a suit.
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Nothing to add to the advice already given, but best of luck!1
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good luck Callum
wear the jacket if you havent got a suit... but suit is better
wear the belt
shined shoes and dark socks
if you have any tatoos cover them up
if you have any visible piercings take them out1 -
Good luck Callum.1
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best of luck
wear the jacket and if the trousers have belt loops then wear one (preferably one same colour as your shoes)1 -
Thank you all. Have a black belt to match my shoes so will be wearing them both. :-)
Found out the jacket didn't quite match the trousers..... luckily my brother has let me nick his suit for the afternoon (and it fits)!4 -
good luck - don't be late. blaming Charlton Life won't wash !!3
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It's definitely possible to be overdressed at an interview. Don't wear white tie - I found out the hard way.
Best of luck5 -
go as Bob Marley.2
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Isn't that the same knot but different name? Also known as the Full Windsor?cantersaddick said:
On a lighter note - you can be underdressed. I once interviewed, for a graduate trainee post, a girl in a very short skirt. At the end she bent down to pick up her backpack and it became immediately obvious that she wasn't wearing knickers. She didn't get the job. (Nice arse though!)3 -
and turn your phone off.4
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Best piece of advice I can give you is be true to yourself, I worked in various crap retail jobs for a few years, before applying for a role within Barclay's. I went to the interview, told them I don't have a clue about banking, that I couldn't work weekends and need to be home by 7pm for weekday football matches and the Champions League, that I bank with HSBC and I'm looking to leave my other job because my manager was a wanker who wouldn't let me progress, and I have been here 3 months now and loved every second!
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Interviewer: Name one of your weaknesses?
Callum: Honesty
Interviewer: I don't think honesty can be seen as a weakness.
Callum: I don't give a fuck what you think!24 -
but do wash !LargeAddick said:good luck - don't be late. blaming Charlton Life won't wash !!
good luck
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Thanks everyone. Think, or maybe hope, I impressed them with the suit (everyone working in store was in a hoody!!) and my enthusiasm but I've a feeling that nerves got the better of me during questions I hadn't anticipated and will ultimately cost me.
Hey ho, I find out in the next couple of days. Just hoping they saw potential in me!6 -
Callum, here's one final, timely bit of advice. If you think that anything you said in the interview might not properly have conveyed what you think, you have one, final chance to rectify it. If you really want the job (and I think you do), write to them. Thank them for their time. And take the opportunity to say whatever it was that you might have left hanging or not conveyed because of nerves.Callumcafc said:Thanks everyone. Think, or maybe hope, I impressed them with the suit (everyone working in store was in a hoody!!) and my enthusiasm but I've a feeling that nerves got the better of me during questions I hadn't anticipated and will ultimately cost me.
Hey ho, I find out in the next couple of days. Just hoping they saw potential in me!
it doesn't have to be a printed, signed letter; you could email instead. But, when they come to sift through applications an interview feedback, who is the one that will really stick out? It's the guy that took the trouble to send a "thank you" and to remind them of the one thing he wasn't able to say in the interview.
Go for it. Do it now - and best of luck.
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I have a feeling you will be fine Callum. Prep is key and you appear to have prepared well, any good interviewer will spot this. Good luck1
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Great idea, thanks Chizz. Will get onto that asap.0
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Good advice from Chizz there, nothing to lose from a quick email saying "thanks and can I add that ......"4
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As long as you spat on your hand in front of them seconds before you shook theirs
The jobs yours7 -
Great adviceChizz said:
Callum, here's one final, timely bit of advice. If you think that anything you said in the interview might not properly have conveyed what you think, you have one, final chance to rectify it. If you really want the job (and I think you do), write to them. Thank them for their time. And take the opportunity to say whatever it was that you might have left hanging or not conveyed because of nerves.Callumcafc said:Thanks everyone. Think, or maybe hope, I impressed them with the suit (everyone working in store was in a hoody!!) and my enthusiasm but I've a feeling that nerves got the better of me during questions I hadn't anticipated and will ultimately cost me.
Hey ho, I find out in the next couple of days. Just hoping they saw potential in me!
it doesn't have to be a printed, signed letter; you could email instead. But, when they come to sift through applications an interview feedback, who is the one that will really stick out? It's the guy that took the trouble to send a "thank you" and to remind them of the one thing he wasn't able to say in the interview.
Go for it. Do it now - and best of luck.1 -
I have some great news. I got a call back after I'd been home less than 5 minutes.
They say they were really impressed and really wanted to get me started ASAP. I've been asked to go back into the store at 10am tomorrow to start training. :-)
Basically, I have a new job!66 -
Thank you again for all the advice. Think CL really pulled through for me this afternoon and put me on the right track.
Some great advice on here that I will always remember for the future.5 -
congratulation Callum1
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Missed this earlier. Congratulations Callum, very well done! Good luck tomorrow and in your career ahead.1
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It was the suit I tell you !
Congratulations.
PS cancel the email.5
