What to wear to an interview.

[DaintreeDream]

Ok ladies I need some help!

DH and I have an interview to go to. The job is at a caravan park in country Victoria.
The interview is being held at a coffee shop about 1 and a half hours away.

What do you think we should wear?
It seems to be a casual interview (it is friends of friends) however we still want to be presentable as the job is managing their carvan park and therefore the front people for their buisness/investment.

So... what do you think WE should wear?

Me - Black pants and shirt with collar. Black pants and nice top. Jeans and shirt with collar. Jeans and nice top.

DH - Slacks and shirt. Jeans with shirt. Jeans with polo top.

Eeek! Help...

[feeb]

Hmm hard call as its casual I would think Jeans and a dressier top eg with a collar that way you are not really casual but not over the top IYKWIM.

Good luck

[~Trish~]

Ooh, what an exciting opportunity!!

Um, it's a tough one isn't it? If it were me I probably wouldn't wear denim. Maybe just a nice pair of pants or a skirt (for you, not your DH LOL) and a nice top, nothing too dressy.

Denim may be OK, I am absolutely no expert!

Best of luck!!!

[Jennifer13]

I'd go with the pants and shirt option, both times. Worst case you're wearing nicer clothes than the interviewer. When it's a 'job' interview that's not a bad thing! Other way, what if they are dressed quite nicely and you feel underdressed?

JMO...

[sloane]

yeah, i'd be inclined to go for the dressier option. i'd rather feel slightly overdressed than underdressed - cos even if they're more casual, i think it demonstrates that you do care about the job & their business etc.

good luck

[Daydream Believer]

Maye wear what you would wear if you were going to a nice dinner, smart casual but not too dressy IYKWIM

[DaintreeDream]

What if DH wears nice jeans and a casual shirt, and I wear black pants and a dressy kind of top?

[Nelle]

Do you have something like nice slacks that aren't black (lol, slacks, I think that's the word I mean)? You know, like tailored looking pants, but not as formal as black formal pants. I will see if I can find what I mean...

...okay don't Google Images 'slacks' just lots of daggy men and 90's office wear. I searched for women's tailored pants.
These are sort of grey? Or maybe black.
Sort of stone coloured. Obviously no thongs though!
These blue ones are cute.

So yeah, that sort of thing with a plain white or black tshirt, or an actual shirt.

You probably could go jeans, but as Jen says, better safe than spending the interview wondering if the jeans were a bad idea.

ETA: I reckon he could get away with jeans and a shirt, but with nice shoes. Sort of makes him look like someone who'd go fix the back fence.

[DaintreeDream]

Nelle, I used to have a brown pair and a grey tweed type pair but I stretched them when I was pregnant with Matilda and so I threw them out, bugger! I might go and have a shop once the phone rings.

What should DH wear.... .

[DaintreeDream]

Hmm thats what I think. I am happy to wear pants and a dressy top (I am not to keen on shirts). However, DH wants to wear jeans... he thinks it is a country caravan park and a casual coffee interview... argh help, I don't want to stuff up the opportunity just because of clothes .