What do you guys usually wear to a job interview? I’m interviewing at a start up their a monthly subscription service that delivers clues to solve a mystery. So not super corporate but? 🤔

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You should wear a suit, but a suit with question marks all over it like The Riddler

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Suit, but with chaps instead of pants.

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I wear what I would normally wear to the office on a more polished day. So nice jeans and an oversized button up and ankle boots or leather shoes. Or a dress and sneakers. I think getting too dressed up (like in a pant suit) is a bad look. You want to look respectful but also cool and like you can hang.

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Nice enough to have dinner at a semi-swanky restaurant but cool enough to go to the local dive bar next door. Contrast is your friend.

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Button down/flannel untucked, and chino pants

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Update: I wore the question mark suit and even went the extra mile and dyed my hair orange. The CD thought my Jim Carrey impression was “spot on” and offered me the position on the spot without even looking at my book.

Or l got to office only to find out my interview is actually on Wednesday and feel like a real turkey...

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Going off the first comment: I have a spandex Riddler onesie you could borrow...

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You should wear what you wear everyday.

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Black jacket, dress shirt, tie, dark denim, dark boots

*black sports/leather jacket

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I’ve worn jeans, t-shirt and sneakers to every job interview I have ever had. I figure that I may as well present myself as they would see me in the working environment.

Wear what you'd wear to a client presentation. You're creative so an all black suit and tie is too corporate. A sports jacket/blazer is good, button down perhaps, tie is optional. Nice jeans or pants are fine. If you show up too casual, it may not count against you, but people like to see that you can be presentable to clients, too. Or a Riddler suit, that works too.

I’ve worn a suit and tie to most of my interviews. In general I view that interviews are a Big Deal and want to show that I take it seriously and am respecting the interviewers time.

My most recent in-person interview I did a suit but no tie. I’m absolutely not a suit person and would reject an offer if they required me to wear one or even a tie. Clothes don’t make your work better.

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