interview- tie or no tie?

[Sockpuppet]

Nah. I don't to ties or suits.

If they ask I'll explain to them that I don't wear suits at work so I won't for an interview.

Its a quirk of the industry. The vast majority of contracts are cost + %. So I don't have to justify myself to ClientCo but to ClientCo's ClientCo who are paying.

To be fair they are interested in the amount of $$$ that I save them. Not the way I dress. If I manage to shave 10% of transport costs on a £70mln project do you really think they give a toss what I look like.

In offices its different but in the warehouse/transport if I turned up in a suit they'd think "twat" and not listen to me as I am a "suit" given that I'm young and dress normally I can often convince them I am one of them as it were.

[AnthonyQuinn]

Wear a suit and a tie.

No matter how good you are there's always a proper way to dress for the occasion. You cant go for an interview in shorts, can you?

If I were conducting the interview (And I have done a few) I would probably not mind a format shirt, triousers and shoes (wih no tie or jacket). But no way would I hire anyone that turns up in a sweatshirt, T shirt, jeans, sneakers etc. Not even if he were Einstein

[EternalOptimist]

No matter how good you are there's always a proper way to dress for the occasion. You cant go for an interview in shorts, can you?

If I were conducting the interview (And I have done a few) I would probably not mind a format shirt, triousers and shoes (wih no tie or jacket). But no way would I hire anyone that turns up in a sweatshirt, T shirt, jeans, sneakers etc. Not even if he were Einstein

hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Einstein is no longer with us. He has passed on. Bereft of life, he has shuffled off this mortal coil

[expat]

No matter how good you are there's always a proper way to dress for the occasion. You cant go for an interview in shorts, can you?

If I were conducting the interview (And I have done a few) I would probably not mind a format shirt, triousers and shoes (wih no tie or jacket). But no way would I hire anyone that turns up in a sweatshirt, T shirt, jeans, sneakers etc. Not even if he were Einstein

Which is in fact probably what Einstein would have worn. If he were the one you needed for the job, you'd have blown it.

[expat]

Nah. I don't to ties or suits.

If they ask I'll explain to them that I don't wear suits at work so I won't for an interview.

Personally I sympathise, but isn't it more likely that they won't ask, they'll just flunk you? No use being logically right in silence on the way out. L'esprit d'escalier, sort of.

[Xenophon]

I maintain a high standard of sartorial elegance at all times.

[Lucy]

I maintain a high standard of sartorial elegance at all times.

A little rubber hat?

[gingerjedi]

I've been interviewed by a chap in shorts... it was in Bath in 1990... hottest day of the year, 100 deg F.

I was almost passing out.

Do you move faster on hot days?

[Bagpuss]

Not wearing a tie could be a problem

Wearing one won't


Which should I do?




FFS

[EternalOptimist]

I very rarely wear a tie because in order to get a shirt with a collar that fits, I have to get one the size of a bell tent. The other option is to force the thing closed and go into the interview doing bug-eyed-monster impressions.
What I tend to do nowadays is put one in my pocket and pull it out at some point and say - hey I took this off because I was so hot. A bit lame but my hit-rate is high enough for me not to worry too much about it.