Going on an interview, asking for an extra flight?

[neuroman]

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On a random side note, we got into an argument. He's planning on wearing khakis and a button up to the interview (tech company) while I say a suit is the way to go...

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This is such a no brainer it's retarded. I have a friend who recently got a new tech job, he wears cutoff jeans to work and he still suited up for his job interview.

[4_2_it]

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Change the word girlfriend to 'life partner' and see how he goes.

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OP: Can my 'life partner' come along as well?
boss: oh, I didnt know you were gay. your fired

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Quit posting spoilers. OP might not know the ending [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

[Los Feliz Slim]

I've paid for prospective employees to travel for an interview twice. In neither case would I have paid for a significant other to travel with them, but I wouldn't have held asking against them.

In one of these cases the interviewee was female. I wonder how many people react differently if it's a woman asking for her boyfriend to come along instead of the other way around?

[Yobz]

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this all depends on his status and the level where he will be hired/the amt of money he will be making. If he's just out of school and will be starting at an entery level then asking for the ticket is retarded. if he is being hired for some senior position then it's fine.

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Somewhere in the middle. It'll be for a 6-figure job, he's a couple of years out of school.

[solids]

Asking for a free flight for a fiance is borderline. But not wearing a suit to a job interview is just retarded.

[woodguy]

Everyone who is saying "must wear suit" as a default position is wrong.

Find out the culture of the company, what everyone there wears, and come in wearing the same type of thing.

If they wear suits, wear a suit....if they dress "golf-ready", then dress "golf-ready"

You fitting into the culture is more important than wearing a suit.

[solids]

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Everyone who is saying "must wear suit" as a default position is wrong.

Find out the culture of the company, what everyone there wears, and come in wearing the same type of thing.

If they wear suits, wear a suit....if they dress "golf-ready", then dress "golf-ready"

You fitting into the culture is more important than wearing a suit.

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Wow, this is incredibly wrong.

[XXXNoahXXX]

woody,

i think you're wrong here. I've been interviewing at plenty of law firms that are business casual every day, but if you didn't wear a suit it would be completely inappropriate.

as i've posted before when this question came up, basketball players may do their job in shorts and jerseys, but they still wear a suit to the draft.

maybe he'd be fine w/o a suit, but you can't go wrong with one. why take the risk?

[Milo]

I've interviewed people for several jobs in which standard attire was "dress casual" or even casual (jeans), and I would look askance at anyone who did not show up in a suit (or female equivalent). While I would still hire a very qualified candidate, it seems a bad idea to make your first visual impression a possibly negative one.

As to the GF, I would not ask. It seems -EV in that the couple hundred bucks is not worth the possible negative impression. If you do decide to ask, then you must refer to her as your fiancee, but that opens up another can of worms. Since you have told your employer you are marrying her and since you brought her, her impressions of the area may come up. Small talk ensues and the date of the wedding comes up. Now your buddy is in the awkward spot of saying his GF of 5 years and he have no actual wedding date, which makes him look like he's full of [censored].

Cliff notes: wear a suit, pay for the GF yourself.

[solids]

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Yep. I currently work at an advertising agency where employees often come into the office in t-shirts and jeans. I wouldn't imagine wearing the same thing for my interview. It's unprofessional and makes a horrible first impression if you aren't in a suit.