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Old 05-24-2005, 02:23 AM
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Two dozen job applications later, someone's interested! YEEEHAAA!!!

I'm interviewing at Family Video, a local video store, on Wednesday, and I'm in a bit of a conundrum that I could use a bit of help with. I'm divided as to whether or not to wear a tie. I'm wearing nice jeans and a black, longsleeved button up shirt with a small blue and silver stripe pattern (I'd wear either my white or black dress shirt, but my mom says I should wear something with a little more color). I don't know if I should wear a tie though. It's not an office or desk job that I'm applying for - the other employees wear khaki pants and slightly dressy shirts while working, so it's not REAL formal.

My dad says a tie would make me look like I'd put in the extra effort to look good. My mom says it'd make me look kind of geeky and a little pretensious (spelled wrong, I know), considering I'm just interviewing at a video rental store. I agree with both of them. Any suggestions?

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Old 05-24-2005, 02:32 AM
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If you're wearing jeans then no.

Only wear a tie with dress trousers.

don't want to be mixing smart cas and smart.

as long as you look presentable you're OK from my experiences.
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I'd wear Khakis instead of the jeans. Don't think a tie is necessary, but I always think it is better to be overdressed than underdressed

But I honestly have no idea about those sort of jobs as I only interview for suit jobs

I think you'll be fine any which way
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As soon as you start let me know how good the porn section is. Will you do that for me? Thanks! Good Luck man!
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I think Family Video suggests that they only have good wholesome FAMILY movies
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oh. right. duhh

What a shame.

That place is gonna close in no time.
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Since the employees wear khakis, wear those. No jeans! No tie either. That would be over-doing it for a video rental shop.

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Since the employees wear khakis, wear those. No jeans! No tie either. That would be over-doing it for a video rental shop.

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General rule of thumb is to dress as the employees do, giving the image of fitting in. This pretty much goes for just about any job.
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