Job interviews are very strict. If you've never had to experience one before, consider yourself lucky.
Job interviews are always a scary thing: whether it's your first or thirty first time, it's still a daunting experience.
Getting the job is the most final thing that happens in a job interview and sometimes it doesn't even happen right there and then, but that should be the last thing that you need to worry about.
The thing that you should be most concerned about before walking into the job interview is how you look. Sure, throwing on some old clothes and whipping your hair up into a ponytail is an easy way to look at it, but this might not earn you the job that you are looking for.
The people who are managing the job interviews are searching for any opportunity that sets you aside from everyone else, so you have to make sure that every aspect of you is top-standard and that you are above all of your competitors.
In this blog post I am going to give you some of the ways that you should dress for a job interview. Because there's really no point in trying to impress your potential new manager when you aren't dressing appropriately.
Go for darker colours. At an interview, you want to draw more attention to you as a person and what you have to offer rather than what your choice of style is. To do this, it's best to wear darker colours on the day of your interview so that the attention is more focused on the important things rather than your outfit choice.
If you don't entirely like wearing black clothes as you feel that it drains your face, try not to think too much about it since it's only for your interview.
But if you really hate wearing black clothes, opt for navy and other dark colours so that you don't feel like you're attending a funeral.
Don't go overboard on the jewellery. Jewellery and looking your most stylish isn't the most necessary part of your look. You are turning up for a job interview, not a fashion show.
Which means that you don't need to dress to look your best, but rather dress to impress the interview manager.
Keep heels moderate. If you are wearing heels for your job interview, you should keep the heel size moderate. If you can't walk in high heels, keep the heels to a minimum. The interviewer won't be interested in your heel size unless you turn up with a heel that has crazy height. So it's best to wear a sensible height of heels if you want to get the job.
Wear tights no matter what the weather or season. Even if it's hot outside. Even if you are sweating. Even if you live in the highest climate of the planet. If it's going to better the chances of you getting the job that you want, you might as well go for it.
Do anything that you can to get what you want in life, even if that means going to a job interview and wearing black tights on the hottest day of the year.
Absolutely NO CLEAVAGE. Who in their right mind would turn up to a job interview with their cleavage on show?
Showing cleavage at a job interview is considered as "unprofessional" and if your interviewer hasn't straight-up mentioned to you about your cleavage being on show, well you should be prepared to receive a fail for your interview.
Wear a smart dress in a dark colour. There's nobody stopping you from wearing a dress to your job interview. But what I would recommend doing is having your dress in a darker colour so that you look more professional.
When you are wearing dark colours to a job interview, you are looking interested in getting the job that you are applying for rather than looking to catch a keen photographer's attention. So it's best to stick with the darker colours, even in dresses.
Look professional. This one is probably the most obvious one out of all the steps I've mentioned in this post. If you're going to a job interview and actually want to get the job, you are going to want to look professional.
