Dress for an interview over Teams

There are very few organization's that have any dress code these days.

Even smart casual can be shorts.

I would be amazed if anyone noticed what you were wearing.

In teams blur your background.
 
Lemmy_kilmister said:
Suited and booted, or smart casual?

Myself I'm thinking suited and booted, but with this being my first interview with the civilian world in over 30 years, and over Teams, I have nil experience at all.

Don't want to seem like a dinosaur IYKWIM
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Take a tip from Rigsby. Open necked shirt with collar. Woolly cardigan.
 
I do lots of interviews over Teams. The roles are quite technical and require people to genuinely know what they're talking about, the purpose is to weed out the blaggers. Satisfy that part and don't come across as a total d*ck are the only bits I pay attention to. Coming across as a total d*ck can be based on all manner of variables though, clothes included.
 
Aww bless, looks like Geoff_B/Cooper761 is still stalking this place and reporting back to Red Roar, he seems to think my story is made up, bless him - even thinks it's worth its own thread over there!

Why would I lie about such a thing? 🤣
 
obviously depends on the job, but I used to do technical interviews for Software developers, and what the candidate was was wearing for the interview had zero impact on their chances of getting the job or not, more to do with technical ability and probably most importantly did they come across as a decent person who you could easily work with
 
Being under-dressed looks way worse than being over-dressed. I wear polo and a hoody even in the office these days. Always used to be full suit, no tie. I would wear a tie for an interview back then and if I was going for an in-person interview I would just go for a suit and open collar shirt. Over Teams I'd do the same. Doesn't hurt to wear a jacket for an hour.

Completely depends on the role that you are interviewing for of course. If the job is one where you'd never wear a suit then the smartest you'd ever dress is probably just a shirt then I'd go for that.

I remember once the Data team were interviewing some developers and this young lad came in for interview wearing a hoody and jeans. Even if that was acceptable for the job (it wasn't at the time, it was still quite formal) it just looks unprofessional at interview. He didn't get the job because he wasn't good enough but even if he had been he'd have lost out to a similar candidate because you question that person's judgement and ability to think/reason. You wouldn't go to an interview for a lifeguard job in just a pair of speedos. Same principle applies for everything else.
 
Fattyfoggon said:
obviously depends on the job, but I used to do technical interviews for Software developers, and what the candidate was was wearing for the interview had zero impact on their chances of getting the job or not, more to do with technical ability and probably most importantly did they come across as a decent person who you could easily work with
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Definitely this, I would never discount a strong candidate based on their dress/appearance - just as much as I wouldn't consider a weak candidate just because they looked smart.
 
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