THIS!!!
There is no such thing as being over-dressed for an interview. Most of my jobs required me to wear scrubs, but that didn't mean I showed up to my interviews in scrubs. Nor did I just toss on black pants and a white shirt, the same outfit one would wear out the night before, and go in there expecting to look my best. No, I alternated between 3 pants suits (1 a chocolate brown suit from Limited that had a rust orange camisole to be worn underneath the jacket...jacket stays on; 1 a dark grey with lighter grey pinstripes with a nice blouse underneath, and 1 black) and 1 dress suit, which was a Bordeaux color dress with a matching blazer/jacket to wear over it.
I wore the same suits whether I was applying for the job of Rehabilitation Technician at the local Tri-parish hospital, Veterinary Technician at vet clinic, Admin. Assistant for a nation-wide engineering firm.....you get the point.
Whoever is giving the interview knows darn well what your job will be and what duties are involved. They aren't interviewing you hoping you'll show up slumming it to show you're prepared to get down and dirty.
ETA: I wanted to add that you don't have to spend a lot of money of interview attire. It's not about how much your outfit costs, but rather what your outfit says about you.
There is no such thing as being over-dressed for an interview. Most of my jobs required me to wear scrubs, but that didn't mean I showed up to my interviews in scrubs. Nor did I just toss on black pants and a white shirt, the same outfit one would wear out the night before, and go in there expecting to look my best. No, I alternated between 3 pants suits (1 a chocolate brown suit from Limited that had a rust orange camisole to be worn underneath the jacket...jacket stays on; 1 a dark grey with lighter grey pinstripes with a nice blouse underneath, and 1 black) and 1 dress suit, which was a Bordeaux color dress with a matching blazer/jacket to wear over it.
I wore the same suits whether I was applying for the job of Rehabilitation Technician at the local Tri-parish hospital, Veterinary Technician at vet clinic, Admin. Assistant for a nation-wide engineering firm.....you get the point.
Whoever is giving the interview knows darn well what your job will be and what duties are involved. They aren't interviewing you hoping you'll show up slumming it to show you're prepared to get down and dirty.
ETA: I wanted to add that you don't have to spend a lot of money of interview attire. It's not about how much your outfit costs, but rather what your outfit says about you.
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