Cliff Schecht wrote:Sorry I did mean a suit jacket, that's what I don't have. Hopefully I can find one that matches my pants decently..
Hit the nicer second hand shops and look for a Herringbone Tweed, look for a label that says Harris Tweed besides the maker's label as an extra quality guarantee. Millions of these were made for many decades. $35-$50 should do it for a first rate used jacket, with luck you might find a gem at a thrift that the pickers missed for $15. Go to the hospital thrift in a rich town. Rule of thumb: jacket bottom should be about level with where your thumbs hang. Give it the once over looking for moth holes or ripped lining but the better second hand stores do that for you.
I remember years ago I applied at Hewlett Packard.
This was for a clean room job working with silicon wafers.
When I went for the interview I wore a sport coat and shirt, no tie.
I think I had khaki Dockers on. Leather shoes.
When I went to the interview room there were six people there.
Two women and four men.
They took turns asking me questions.
There were very few technical questions but most were about working and getting along with others.
Like, if you saw a person stealing something would you report it?
And if you didn't get along with someone what steps would you take to remedy that.
ETC......
It was weird.
I later found out that they modeled their management style after the current Japanese style at the time and that working well with others was paramount.
They figured they could train you for the position so the focus was on getting along.
I didn't get the job but they said it was because other people with experience had applied.....
All I'm going to say now is that I got along with most of the people I interviewed with well. I sorta blanked during my last interview when asked some pretty basic stuff (that I hadn't done in a few years) and felt pretty embarrassed. I tried to recover by talking about my thesis work, which is quite fresh on my mind still, but I'm not holding my breath for this one.
