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[sheepdog]

Well, I don't know how much difference really there would be in the things you should or shouldn't do in an interview wether it was for a job or to get into a school, but yea, bathing is a real good idea, and on that note, let me add one thing. Don't go to any kind of an interview with the waste of your pants down around below the cheeks of your a$$ and your underwear covering your butt above your pants. I've seen some really dumb fashions come and go but people this one is STUPID!!! Saw some dumb punk walking into K Mart the other day, his plaid boxer shorts completly about his drawers, and the crotch of his pants about his knees. He had to use one hand to keep his pants from falling completely off, if he would of had to let go or run, he'd of broken his dang fool neck tripping on his pants. Dumb Dumb Dumb!!!! Honestly, it does make me look back on the days when the old folks complained about the Hippies tye dyed shirts and big bell bottoms, man, if they could see these goofy kids now they'd really freak out.

[k_nitin_r]

A lot of work places have a dress-down culture with employees walking into office in casuals. However, there are still others that require their employees to be dressed to kill. They have their employees look like they work for the Men In Black organization. You can either observe the work place a day before your interview to determine how the other folk dress when they get to work but make sure that you don't observe them on their office casual day and then walk in on a regular day when everyone else is in a suit and tie and you are the only one who isn't. It never hurts to dress conservatively in formal wear and although it does mean a little more effort, for some people that is a huge confidence booster. If the firm you are interviewing at does have a casual dress code, wear anything that you find comfortable but is not too awkward or revealing. If you take a look at yourself in the mirror and do not look like you are part of a street gang, then that's probably what you want to wear to the interview. Sticking out of the norm does make you different in some respects and that does not necessarily mean you are more likely than the next guy to get the job but it does make a good impression and makes you feel good about yourself.

[sheepdog]

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You can either observe the work place a day before your interview to determine how the other folk dress when they get to work but make sure that you don't observe them on their office casual day

Really good advice! You want to fit in naturally in the new prospecive surroundings. So much depends on the way you look at an interview, and it does make a difference for what job it is for. For example here, if somebody came for an interview all dressed up I'd be concerned. I learned a long time ago that those teenage girls that came for an interview with inch long fingernails were never going to stand the strain of kennel cleaning. They are usually too pround of those nails to do any kind of work that could damage them.

[Ananya]

Interviews are a kind of battle that are usually conquered by people who are truly confident and not at all scared by this 'I' word.All your preparations regarding interviews ranging from dressing sense to etiquette or how are you carrying yourself will prove to be just vague and worthless if you get too much scared about it.Always try to think like this that joining a prestigious institute for studies or a high profile company for job can be your ultimate goal but life does't end only because a person named so and so has happened to miss an opportunity to get into some institute.Throw away such thoughts and notions from mind as there is always a new beginning after every end.The more you will stick to this very thought that will I be able to cross this brink the more a useless person you would be transforming in.Moreover its said only God knows what is really good for us? Neither we ourselves nor our parents can actually reveal which is good for us.Many a time we see people joining a particular field by fluke. Then they happen to realize with passage of time that they had hidden talents in those fields also.Look at interviews as opportunities rather than as nightmares as if you pass it you will gain access to something you wanted to be in and if not you have to learn from the failure and move on to the next interview that happens to come your way.As life should be a continuous process of learning and not sticking to something and barring the very way of progress.