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- MLP
i'm starting interviews next week and am debating wether or not i will need a suit or anything that formal. i'm interviewing at some of the big agencies, but don't know what to expect. last year with visiting Lowe, i felt overdressed in black pants and a shirt.
basically, i don't want to drop the cash if i would be perfectly fine showing up in pants/shirt/tie.
any suggestions?
- jevad0
business casual...no need for a suit
- brandelec0
save your money
dress shirt, sweet tie, slacks, dont skimp on shoes, if its cool out, kill em with a cardigan
- Momentum20
i usually just wear slacks and a dress shirt...
- mrdobolina0
depends, I have a pretty nice suit that is relatively casual, if I wear it with a shirt and no tie I can pull it off in any interview. Noone is ever going to be tweaked that you didnt wear a tie. If the guys in the interview are dressed way more casual, lose the jacket, done!
- mrsparkle0
Black Pants / Shirt / Tie combo is money in the bank. In our industry, I think that there is rarely a need for a full suit.
- mrdobolina0
I love when women interview at my job and dont know the difference from dressing up for an interview and going to the club.
- shellie0
I think it depends on who you are. Some people can bust out a suit and make it look like the coolest thing ever. Some people really do need to come with some clean pants, a nice t, some really crisp jeans and a cartigan. I like the cartigan look. It's something that a producer or CD can bring an AD along to a big client meeting as the "Creative guy repping the team and the culture at the office". Even clients like to see that.
- mrdobolina0
shellie is one of them girls that dresses like she is going to the club when she interviews.
- nocomply0
I'd say nothing more than a solid biz cas. No one on the west coast wears suits anymore.
- MLP0
thanks for the input. i feel the same way, but in speaking with my dad and a few of the people i work with, they were pretty adamant that i had a suit for some of the places. one girl said it would be very necessary, but she is on the business side of the firm. i feel like a shirt/pants/tie is formal enough, especially when half the creatives i've ever met wear jean shorts to work.
- e-pill0
jeans, button down and suit with shoes
or
jeans dark denim, kicks, and a t-shirt
or
a stupid suit
- ********0
I've never seen anybody wear anything other than jeans--swear to God
- shellie0
Yeah dobbie. You wish. Except that I'm one of the most conservative dressers in Los Angeles advertising.
What clubs do you go to? Mormons-R-Us?
- mrdobolina0
I hang out generally in line dancing establishments.
- mrdobolina0
I've never seen anybody wear anything other than zubaz--swear to God
Rand
(Aug 15 06, 16:11)
- kinetic0
i was always taught to dress to the level of your target...not sure what you'd do if you knew buddy was a tux wearing weirdo ;)
you cant go wrong with business casual though
a nice pair of gavin chinos from banana republic and a light sweater or a striped dress shirt no tie...nothing wrong with that imo
- PonyBoy0
wear really tight pants...
...show 'em the 'goods'... get's me hired every time.
:)
- brandelec0
ya - camel toe it
er, wait ur a dude.. um
moose-knuckle it
- MLP0
shellie... we've seen your myspace pics. don't front!
i think i'm going to go for the nice other shit and not the suit. for one, it's not me and i'd be totally uncomfortable in it. on the other hand, a couple places i'm interviewing would probably prefer some hypebeast bullshit.
- PonyBoy0
I always close all my interviews with one of these:
A. Stand
B. Pull out pockets
C. Unzip fly
D. Stare at interviewer and say:
"wanna see a baby elephant?"
... that's after they stared at my tight package for 20 minutes