interview dress code in Germany?

[dspsyssts]

Wear a mismatched suit and dont forget white gym socks and black shoes.

The SS were always very smart but this is a historical point that hasn't descended to the business community I'm afraid.

[darrenb]

OK, today I went out and got a second-hand suit for 30 euros. If they're real engineers, they won't be able to tell the difference. I know I can't.

[JustMe]

Suit

If you wear a suit , you cannot do anything wrong.

rgds,
justme

[doodab]

I wear jeans, a t shirt and some outdoor walking type shoes, but I am the scruffiest person in the office.

[Pondlife]

Germans do quite like wearing jeans, smart shoes and a shirt and tie which I find weird!!!

This has been my experience and was as true 12 years ago as it is today. It just looks wrong.

Especially when the shirt has a pattern on it.

I blame the yanks... Ross from friends in particular.

[darmstadt]

I always wear a suit to interviews here. For many years I noticed that no-one wore suits at work here but recently thats changed and a lot of younger people or someone in a slightly higher position (i.e. PM,) particularly in the finance sector wear suits now.

Used to wear a conservative black suit with white shirt and nice tie but in recent years tend to wear smart casual suits with a nice shirt and tie. Quite often though the interviewer(s) will not be in suits which gives you an idea of what you can wear to work. For the first week I tend to wear smart casual trousers and a nice shirt and then slowly go downhill. Germans do quite like wearing jeans, smart shoes and a shirt and tie which I find weird!!!

On one project, wear I sit, most people wear suits but I'm not too sure what they do but seem to be PM and mangement types whereas none of the techies do (some of them are a right scruffy bunch.) On the other project only management wear suits unless there is a top-bod meeting or interviews are going on.

This article might help...or this thread

[PropertyCrashUK]

Either will do - suit or smart trousers, shirt and jacket.

Failing that, leather shorts.

[stek]

What's that song?

Jemand sien uns Lederhosen aus, Lederhosen aus, Lederhosen aus...

Or summert...

[darrenb]

OK thanks all, I'll go with the lederhosen. Glad I had this forum to point me in the right direction. Could have been very embarrassing.

[BlasterBates]

Dress smartly, doesn't have to be a suit but don't turn up in jeans. If it's a games company then I would say a tie would be optional but I would still turn up in a proper jacket. Think trendy advertising salesman, smart but "hip". Better to be overdressed than underdressed. Nothing worse than sitting in an interview with jeans on when everyone else is wearing a smart suit.

[eek]

Personally I'd go for the suit and tell them you are flexible and can dress down when they imply you are too much of a stick in the mud brit with your suit on.

I thought it was obvious what you do. In sales mode (interviews....) wear a suit, the rest of the time go native.

[Scrag Meister]

Personally I'd go for the suit and tell them you are flexible and can dress down when they imply you are too much of a stick in the mud brit with your suit on.

[stek]

This is what you need.

That's Bavaria, not Germany! The Bavs don't reckon they're owt but Bavarians..

[eek]

Hello, is a suit required for a job interview in Germany? What if the company is "hip" as in games or media?

This is what you need.

[darrenb]

Hello, is a suit required for a job interview in Germany? What if the company is "hip" as in games or media?